Azure AD Fundamentals

Introduction In today’s business landscape, organizations are increasingly adopting cloud-based solutions to streamline operations and boost productivity. Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), a robust cloud-based identity and access management solution by Microsoft, offers various authentication methods. One of these methods is Azure AD Pass-through Authentication, which enables seamless…

Getting Started with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a managed container orchestration service provided by Microsoft Azure. It allows organizations to deploy, scale, and manage Docker containers and container-based applications with ease. In this article, we will explore the key aspects of AKS and learn how to get started with this powerful…

Recap of Azure AD Federation  Azure AD Federation is a service that enables organizations to provide their users with seamless access to applications and services. With Azure AD Federation, organizations can securely authenticate and authorize users from different identity providers, such as SAML and OpenID Connect, and grant them access to their resources. In this chapter, we will explore the…

Introduction to Identity Federation  In today’s digital age, businesses face significant challenges in managing identities and access to resources. The traditional approach to identity management involves maintaining separate user accounts in each application or service, which leads to inefficiencies, security risks, and a poor user experience. Identity federation is a solution that…

Introduction:  Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is a cloud-based identity and access management solution provided by Microsoft. It offers robust features for identity governance, allowing organizations to effectively manage user roles and permissions within their Azure AD tenant. In this article, we will elaborate on the process of creating an Azure AD tenant, configuring Azure AD for…

There are several use cases for data transformation in Azure Data Factory, each of which can be achieved using a combination of built-in and custom data transformation activities, including mapping data flows, wrangling data flows, and stored procedures. Here are some examples of use cases for data transformation in Azure Data Factory: Data migration:  Data migration is a common use case…

What is Azure? Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform that offers a broad range of services, including computing, storage, networking, databases, analytics, AI, machine learning, and Internet of Things (IoT). Azure can be used to build, deploy, and manage applications and services that are hosted in the cloud. Azure Fundamentals Azure Fundamentals is a…

Azure has a 99.9% uptime SLA, which means that Azure is expected to be available 99.9% of the time. However, there may be times when Azure is unavailable due to planned or unplanned maintenance. Azure will notify customers of any planned maintenance in advance. Here are some of the factors that can affect Azure uptime: Regional outages: Azure is a global service, and outages can occur in…

Azure Synapse is a fully managed, enterprise-scale analytics service that combines the power of Azure Data Lake Analytics and Azure SQL Data Warehouse. It provides a unified experience for data preparation, governance, and analytics, and it can be used to build and deploy enterprise-scale data warehouses, data lakes, and machine learning models. Azure Synapse is a great choice for advanced…

Azure Data Studio is a free, open-source cross-platform tool for managing data in the cloud. It is a modern, lightweight tool that offers a unified user experience for working with data across Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Warehouse, Azure Synapse Analytics, and other data sources. Azure Data Studio is built on top of the Monaco Editor, the same editor that powers Visual Studio Code. This…