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Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate

Demonstrate the features of Microsoft Entra ID to modernize identity solutions, implement hybrid solutions, and implement identity governance.

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Overview

As a Microsoft identity and access administrator, you design, implement, and operate an organization’s identity and access management by using Microsoft Entra ID (ID). You configure and manage the full cycle of identities for:

  • Users
  • Devices
  • Microsoft Azure resources
  • Applications

As an identity and access administrator, you provide seamless experiences and self-service management capabilities for users. You plan and implement identity, authorization, and access to connect applications and resources in Azure. You’re also responsible for troubleshooting, monitoring, and reporting on identity and access. You collaborate with many other roles in the organization to:

  • Drive strategic identity projects.
  • Modernize identity solutions.
  • Implement hybrid identity solutions.
  • Implement identity governance.

You should be familiar with Azure, Microsoft 365 services and workloads, and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). You should have experience:

  • Automating the management of Microsoft Entra ID using PowerShell.
  • Analyzing events using Kusto Query Language (KQL).

Note

Microsoft 365 Defender has been renamed to Microsoft Defender XDR, and Microsoft 365 Defender portal to Microsoft Defender portal. This change will appear on the exam in late April.

Skills measured

  • Implement and manage user identities
  • Implement authentication and access management
  • Plan and implement workload identities
  • Plan and implement identity governance

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