Summary

  • 2 minutes

This module introduced you to Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management (PIM), which is one of the key ways in which Microsoft 365 supports identity management. PIM is a cloud-based solution that enables organizations to control and monitor the access and permissions of their employees and administrators.

This module explored how PIM minimizes the number of people who have access to secure information or resources across a wide range of Microsoft online services, including Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure, and Microsoft Intune. You examined how organizations use PIM to avoid assigning excessive privileges to users. Failure to do so can lead to exploitation of privileges, which results in users who can do tasks that are above their grade.

This module also covered how PIM can help organizations reduce the risk of security breaches, comply with regulatory requirements, and improve operational efficiency. It does so by allowing organizations to assign roles and permissions to users on a temporary and just-in-time basis. You learned how PIM enables organizations to review and audit the activities and requests of privileged users, and enforce policies and best practices for managing privileged access.

You then learned how to configure the PIM role assignment process. You explored how to configure PIM role settings, assign roles to users, activate role assignments, and then approve or deny requests. You also learned how to extend and renew assignments.

The module concluded by examining how PIM provides a comprehensive audit log that records all the activities and requests of privileged users. Activities that it logs include such tasks as activating a role, approving a request, and changing a setting. You learned how the audit log helps organizations track and review the actions of privileged users, identify any suspicious or unauthorized activities, and generate reports for compliance purposes. You also learned how the audit log can be accessed from the Microsoft Entra admin center or exported to other tools for analysis.