You may decide that you want to change the name of a tile; some tiles give you that ability. From the menu, select Configure Tile Settings (as shown in Figure 9.15). FIGURE 9.15 Configure Tile Settings After you choose Configure Tile Settings, you can then make any changes that you want to make and click …
Azure AD Connect Sync: Understand and Customize Synchronization- Understanding Azure Active Directory
Objects and credentials, from an on- premises AD DS domain, can be synchronized to Azure AD using Azure AD Connect in a hybrid environment. Once those objects are synchronized to Azure AD, the automatic background sync then makes those objects and credentials available to applications using the managed domain. A main component of Azure AD …
Pin Content from a Resource Group Page- Introduction to Microsoft Azure
Another way that you can add tiles to your dashboard is by adding them directly from a Resource Group page (see Figure 9.7). Many resource pages have a pin icon on the page header. This means that you can pin the tile to the source page. Figure 9.7 shows what the pin looks like. FIGURE …
Planning Azure AD Authentication Options- Understanding Azure Active Directory
Azure AD is a centralized identity provider in the cloud, and authentication is the process of verifying that you are who you say you are. It helps protect a user’s identity and also simplifies the login experience. The Microsoft identity platform makes it easy to authorize and authenticate by providing identity as a service. In …
Understanding the Azure Dashboards- Introduction to Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure can support a number of dashboards in the Azure portal. Each dashboard will include tiles showing data from different Azure resources across different resource groups and subscriptions. You can also create different dashboards for different teams or clone an existing one. In the Azure portal, dashboards are a focused and organized view of …
Azure VPN Gateway- Understanding Azure Active Directory
As I have stated throughout this book, most (if not all) companies will have both an onsite network and an Azure network. Because of this, you will need to know how to connect both networks. This is where you would use a site- to- site VPN gateway connection. Site- to- site VPN gateway connections allow …
Compare and Contrast the Service Types- Introduction to Microsoft Azure
Table 9.1 shows you all of the different components and how IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS can be used in the cloud. Table 9.1 also shows the benefits of each of these components when deciding to use the cloud. TABLE 9.1 IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS benefits and features Feature IaaS PaaS SaaS Up- front Costs No …
Understanding the Difference between IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS- Introduction to Microsoft Azure
Organizational networks are more than just building the physical network and adding servers. Networks contain many different components. Let’s take a look at some of these components and how you can use the cloud to use and support them. Infrastructure- as- a- Service (IaaS) Infrastructure- as- a- service (IaaS) is a cloud computing service that …
Azure AD Connect- Understanding Azure Active Directory
Azure AD Connect (see Figure 10.6) lets you integrate your Azure AD with your Windows Server AD or another directory on your network. One of the nice advantages of Azure AD Connect is that you can download and install Azure AD Connect by using the Azure Active Directory Connect Download link. As you can see …
Understanding Different Cloud Concepts- Introduction to Microsoft Azure
Many IT people don’t know that, when we are talking about the cloud, there are different types of cloud options. You need to become familiar with the various types of cloud environments so that you can choose the best option for your organization. Public Cloud Microsoft describes the public cloud as . . . computing …