Hamed0406Microsoft Entra is a suite of identity and access management solutions designed to secure access for every user, application, and device within an organization. As of my last update in April 2023, Microsoft Entra includes various components aimed at enhancing security and simplifying identity management across a range of scenarios, from cloud services to hybrid environments.
The term "Microsoft Entra ID" could refer to the identities managed within the Microsoft Entra ecosystem, particularly focusing on how individual users are identified, authenticated, and authorized to access resources and applications. In the broader context, Microsoft Entra helps manage and secure user identities with services like:
- Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD): Azure AD is the cloud-based identity and access management service, which is a core component of Microsoft Entra. It enables Single Sign-On (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and conditional access policies among other features.
- Microsoft Entra Verified ID: This is a service within Microsoft Entra that focuses on decentralized identity verification, allowing individuals and organizations to own and control their digital identities without relying on a central authority.
- Microsoft Entra Permissions Management: Formerly known as CloudKnox, this component offers visibility and control over permissions and actions across your cloud infrastructure.
- Microsoft Entra Workload Identities: This service is focused on managing and securing non-human identities used by applications, services, and workloads that require access to resources.
Together, these services under the Microsoft Entra umbrella work to ensure that identities, whether they belong to human users or are workload identities used by applications and services, are securely managed and authenticated.
