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SC-5008 Configure and manage entitlement with Microsoft Entra ID
Anyone working in cloud environments needs clear rules for access rights and identities. Microsoft Entra ID provides the foundation for structured and secure permission management.
Key topics
- Understanding and applying identity-based security concepts.
- Setting up and managing entitlements and roles in a structured way.
- Defining access packages and configuring approval processes.
- Implementing governance policies for compliant access control.
- Making permission management more efficient through automation.
- Analyzing access data and using reports for security insights.
Prerequisite
Knowledge of cloud services and a basic understanding of identity and access management will be helpful.
Target group
Suitable for IT administrators, security professionals, and governance officers who want to centrally manage permissions in Microsoft environments.
Microsoft Entra ID makes permission management transparent and scalable – an essential tool for modern IT security architectures.
Course content
Setting up entitlement management
- Creating and structuring access catalogs.
- Defining and configuring access packages.
- Planning, assigning, and maintaining permissions.
- Setting up terms of use for access.
- Managing external users in Microsoft Entra.
- Customizing Entra settings as needed.
Conducting access reviews
- Planning access review cycles strategically.
- Setting up reviews for groups and applications.
- Tracking review outcomes.
- Keeping licenses organized and managed.
- Running recurring tasks automatically.
- Configuring regular review cycles.
Entra ID – logs and monitoring
- Analyzing sign-in logs to resolve access issues.
- Continuously monitoring Entra audit logs.
- Connecting diagnostic logs to Azure Sentinel.
- Exporting log data to external SIEM systems.
- Reviewing Entra activities with Azure Sentinel.
- Implementing monitoring without KQL (Kusto Query Language).
- Evaluating reports in Entra workbooks.
- Configuring notifications and alerts.
Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
- Developing a strategy for privileged access to users, resources, and roles.
- Configuring Privileged Identity Management for Microsoft Entra roles.
- Extending PIM to Azure resources.
- Assigning and managing roles in a compliant way.
- Processing and approving access requests in PIM.
- Evaluating audit histories and reports in PIM.
- Setting up and securing emergency access accounts.
Understanding Entra Permissions Management
- Getting to know the core features of Entra Permissions Management.
- Discovering, correcting, and monitoring permissions.
- Using data and analytics from permissions management.
