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Overview

  • Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) - PAAS
  • Exchange Online - PAAS (Admin side) & SAAS (User side)
  • Sharepoint Online - Paas (Admin side) & SAAS (User side)

  • Intune (MDM) - Mobile Device Management, Across multiple OSs (Android, Windows, etc)
  • SCCM (Older) - Windows only, Group Policy

Main system - Microsoft 365 - Sits on top of Azure

  • Microsoft 365 - PAAS & SAAS
  • Azure - IAAS

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Microsoft Cloud

  • Blue - Microsoft 365
  • Red - Azure Infrastructure
  • Purple - Microsoft 365 & Azure both share Entra ID (directory services)

Cloud Sync - SSO logs users in via on-prem D.C, and Entra ID via cloud (syncs out but not in)

  • Entra Connect server (formerly Azure AD Connect) - link on-premise with cloud services
  • Entra ID Sync (light weight version)