Microsoft Entra ID The Complete Beginners Guide

In this step by step tutorial. I’ll not only discuss what Microsoft Microsoft Entra ID is, but also what it can do. We start from scratch and go through all the basics, from creating and managing users, to implementing groups and beyond. We will also discuss admin permission and how they work. As well as how to licence users. In addition we will also discuss the various versions of Microsoft Entra ID, from the free version to the premium versions. So if you’re a novice, and you want to lean or even get certified. This is a great place to start.

Timecodes

00:00 Introductions
01:51 What is Entra, and what is Identity, Authentication & Authorisation?
03:23 A Tour of the Entra ID Admin Centre
04:15 Understanding Entra ID Licence Types
05:11 Entra ID Portal Tour
05:42 What is an Entra ID Tenant?
06:53 Creating and Managing Entra ID User Accounts
10:10 Admin Unit, Group & Role Assignments
10:55 Admin Roles Explained
13:16 Assigning Licences to Users
14:13 Deleting & Restoring User Accounts
15:46 Administering Groups
18:00 Assigning a Group Owner in Entra ID
19:19 Managing Dynamic Groups in Entra ID
22:20 Securing Users in Microsoft Entra ID
23:50 Microsoft Entra ID Authentication Methods
26:18 Microsoft Entra Verifiable Credentials
32:20 Session review & Next Steps

[mcsrenewals]

9 months old and Microsoft already done what it does best, changed all the menus around again!

[DonaldMark]

This is one of most easy to follow and understand videos. You make it seem so easy and with your explanations and they are all that.

[standardnerd]

Thanks for keeping us updated Andy! I'm an IT generalist and it's difficult to keep up with the warp speed changes.

[trendyniro]

I have learned a lot about Microsoft 365 from your videos. Helps me with my job, thanks a ton Andy!

[darylh]

Thanks for another awesome video. Always informative and easy to follow whether you are beginner or an experienced IT pro just catching up on new features.

[antidepressantscale]

This is an awesome video. It's so easy to get into the weeds with Entra / Azure AD, so I appreciate a video on the basics :))

[vedzz]

It’s really informative and off course easy to follow, I’m also one the user from Oslo Norway

[CigarDoug]

Excellent video. One small nitpick, when you added Jean Luc dynamically to a group, I would have liked to seen evidence he was not in the group, and then he was in the group after you changed his department. It wasn't clear that anything had changed in his profile.

[tpmarkham]

Basically, Microsoft keeps renaming their shit.

[ronsflightsimlab]

Thanks for the content! Helps keep me up to date as I try to manage a diverse infra...

[sauravsaha]

Great video Sir. Very nice and Crisp explanation. Keep up your good work Sir. God bless you.

[HamedHashmi-xbwg]

Really Informative, it worth spending time here with Andy

[arvin.gatchalian]

Thanks for making this video! Excellent explanation!

[elliottadler]

Andy this video is so clear and to the point as are all your videos I always appreciate them and learn something from your videos quick question I have noticed when I add a user to a desktop using the entra id (this particular user has a exchange online license so they are using the entra free licence) I notice they become "administrator" on the computer what have I done wrong here? Thank you in advance

[ChristopherNealBUSHIDOERS]

Thank you, Andy! Love ya', mate!

[jesseschaaf]

Great video on Entra. Do you have a video to instruct me "how to connect a users computer / device to Entra?" I want my users to connect to the MS accounts and be able to manager their credentials through Entra.

[dancalmusic]

Can I use an Entra tenant registered in my name to resell the services provided by it to other customers? Or can I use my own Entra tenant as a multi-tenant? By using other cloud services I may be authorized to resell them to customers. Some examples: a service for cloud backup of virtual machines (e.g. x360Recover) or an RMM service (e.g. Atera) will have a Dashboard in which I can create groups or users who are my customers and/or their resources. Is this expected or allowed in the Microsoft Cloud Enter ID world? It’s always challenging understand Microsoft licenses or what kind of license to choose. Thank you

[johnharrison]

I have Microsoft Entra ID Sync working and now I need to decommission the local onsite Active Directory and only use Entra, any guides on that and any gotcha?

[gary]

Why can't we create a distribution group from the Entra console and set up rules to dynamically add members? There's not always a need for the extra features of an M365 group. (like staff DLs for example)..

[Evan.C]

So is Entra used alongside a local active directory server to help automate / integrate with sharepoint etc? Thats the current use case that pops out with dynamic groups. With that in mind is there a way to auto map sharepoint sites using onedrive rather then the online portal?