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

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)