Introduction
Access to Azure resources is controlled through user accounts and identities that are defined in Microsoft Entra ID. Microsoft Entra ID supports group accounts to help you organize user accounts for easier administration.
In this module, your company wants to take advantage of the user and group account features in Microsoft Entra ID. You need to understand the concepts of user accounts and group accounts. You're looking for information about how to create, configure, and manage these accounts. Your organization needs support for bulk configuration of settings, group account organization, and managing accounts across multiple directories.
In this module, you learn about user accounts and group accounts. You learn about an administrator shortcut for bulk creation of user accounts. You learn about controlling administrator access through administrative units. You also simulate user and group creation in the Azure portal.
The goal of this module is to successfully create and manage user and group accounts.
Learning objectives
In this module, you learn how to:
Create and configure user accounts including account properties and bulk updates.
Create and configure group accounts including assigning group members.
Use administrative units to control administrator access.
Skills measured
The content in the module helps you prepare for Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator.
Prerequisites
Understand basic concepts of centralized identity solutions. This knowledge includes identities, accounts, and authentication methods.
Familiarity with managing user and group accounts, including the principle of least privilege.