Improving AD security through consolidation and modernization

AD is the standard architecture used for identity and access management (IAM) in a networked environment. Using a combination of built-in Microsoft utilities and third-party solutions, you can manage devices, policies and resource access in a pervasive manner across your IT infrastructure.

Companies integrating applications, servers and workstations often use AD as their source for access and privilege information. That increases the importance of having proper security controls in place. As companies migrate user content to Microsoft 365 workloads, tools like Azure AD Connect (AADC) and Azure AD Cloud Sync enable integration between Active Directory and Azure AD, providing additional access points that must be properly managed and secured.

Many companies end up managing multiple AD environments over time, which can cause management and security problems. In some cases, they have configured multiple AD environments during initial deployment to split geographical or business units or to create a Red Forest for privileged accounts. In other cases, they have performed a tenant-to-tenant consolidation during a merger, acquisition or divestiture, without consolidating the AD environments.

Take this brief survey and learn how, using a combination of built-in Microsoft utilities and third-party solutions, you can manage devices, policies and resource access in a pervasive manner across your IT infrastructure.

Vendor:

Quest

Posted:

Sep 15, 2023

Published:

Sep 15, 2023

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PDF

Type:

eGuide