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  What is the difference between PHS (Password Hash Synchronization) and PTA(Password Though Authentication)? PHS- In this Approach, Password is synchronized with AAD. Authentication occurs in cloud. PTA- In this Approach, Password is not synchronized with AAD. Authentication occurs on On-Premises AD. What is the difference between User Administrator and Global Administrator User Administrator can delete any non admin user. Admin user can be deleted only by Global Administrator.

In this blog, we will describe 'What is AAD Connect'. AAD Connect is azure cloud tool which is used to synchronized Active directory on premises with Azure AD directory. Like If you already have Active Directory on premises, the users and groups can by synchronized to your Azure AD directory by using a tool such as Azure Active Directory Connect. The precursor to AADConnect was the DirSync tool and Azure Active Directory Sync (AADSync).   AAD Connect can be installed into two modes which are listed below.  1- Express mode  2- Custom Mode  Express Mode-  This mode is applicable only in case of single forest topology. This mode uses PHS(Password Hash Synchronization) method to synch. This method is default option in this mode. it comes with auto upgrade. before installation you should be Azure Global Administrator, AD Domain Service Administrator. During the installation, AAD Connect setup a SQL Server Express Local DB instance. Steps for the installation i...

  What is Azure Resource Manager & Resource Group? Azure Resource Manager -   Microsoft has designed a service for Deployment and Management of resource for azure. So it is the deployment and management service for azure. It provides a management layer which take actions like create, update and delete resource in your Azure Account as per request after authentication and authorization. It also provide some additional management feature like Locks, Tags and access Control.   I have taken this definition from Microsoft Documentation.   “Azure Resource Manager is the deployment and management service for Azure. It provides a management layer that enables you to create, update, and delete resources in your Azure account. You use management features, like access control, locks, and tags, to secure and organize your resources after deployment”   To understand, Please see the Image. Description- Every Request which is raised from Azure tools, APIs o...

Azure Active Directory AAD-   Key point about AAD Azure AD is accessible via a modern REST API. This allows a wide range of applications—on-premises, cloud, mobile, and so on—to access the rich information available in the Azure AD directory. If you have access on any Microsoft cloud service like Azure, Office 365 etc.. Already you have a default directory. ·          Software as a Service (Managed By Microsoft) ·          Multi-tenant Service ·          Provides Multi-Factor Authentication ·          Provide Single-sign on ·          Manage User and Access to cloud resource. ·          Protocols - SAML, OAuth, WSFED ·          Group policy is replaced by Microsoft InTune ·    ...

 Hi  Guys ,  Basic Thought cames in our mind when we are creating an vitrual machine. So today we will discuss  'What is Availibility Options?'. Before moving forward, please see red colour circule in Image. Availability Option Dropdown is there in image. in this dropdown, there are two options are available to choosen. Create a virtual machine Availability  Set Availability Zone Availability Set -  It protects failure within datacenter. It has two domain which are given below- Fault Domain (FD)-  It is Physical separation of VMs  It goes up to 5 fault domains in a availability set Update Domain (UD)- It goes to 20 update domains in a availability set.  It is a logical separation.  At any point of time, only one UD can be updated. Suppose-UD0 is updated right now. It means only VMs which are belongs to UD0 will be down for update. See the image for more clarity- Availability Set ...

Cloud Terminology  Hi Guys, Before moving forward to learn Azure Cloud. We have to keep in mind below given Cloud Termenology which will help you to understand simple meaning of  these terms in Cloud.  This list will be updated as we will find any term that should be shared with you guys. Compute SAAS- Software as a Service PAAS- Plateform as a Service IAAS- Infrastructure as a Service Availability HA- High Availability Scalability Elasticity Agility- Services On Demand without Human Interaction. Fault Tolerance Disaster Recovery CapEx OpEx Availability Set Region - Each region is paired with another region. Microsoft provided recently to change the region or certain services. Geography - There are 5 Geography like Americas, Europe ,Asia Paciffic, Middle East and africa. It helps to handle data policies. Regional pair Availability Zone - Each Region has a zone but  Not All region have multiple zone. Fault Domain Update Domain Virtual Machine  Resource - Like VM,...