"Having worked alongside Pramiti at Microsoft, I've seen firsthand her ability to bridge the gap between deep product engineering and messy, real-world customer deployments. This book reflects that practical mindset."- Merill Fernando, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft
Gain the expertise to deploy, secure, and optimize Microsoft Entra ID while strengthening identity governance, protecting human and machine identities from modern threats, and enabling secure access to internet-based and private resources
Key Features
Implement identity governance, PIM, lifecycle workflows, and Zero Trust access
Secure external, workload, and decentralized identities across hybrid enterprises
Learn from a Microsoft Entra Principal Product Manager driving platform innovation
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
Book Description
Identity is the new front door to the organization's resources. Mastering Microsoft Entra ID provides a structured, end-to-end journey to help you design, secure, and govern enterprise identity with confidence.
You will build a strong foundation in identity architecture, deploying tenants, managing users and groups, and configuring Conditional Access. From there, you will automate lifecycle workflows, manage privileged roles with PIM, and enforce least privilege at scale. As your expertise deepens, you will explore identity protection, workload identities, Global Secure Access, and practical migration strategies for modernizing on-premises environments.
Written by a Microsoft Entra Principal Product Manager, this guide blends strategic clarity with real-world implementation insight to help you secure enterprise identities and confidently lead identity transformation across hybrid and cloud environments.
What you will learn
Apply Zero Trust principles to identity architecture
Deploy Microsoft Entra tenants, roles, MFA, and Conditional Access
Leverage Microsoft Security Copilot and Entra agents for identity operations
Govern access using access packages, access reviews, and PIM
Automate joiner, mover, and leaver identity lifecycles
Investigate and remediate identity-based threats
Minimize on-premises Active Directory and migrate to Microsoft Entra ID
Who this book is for
This book is for identity administrators, system administrators, security engineers, cloud architects, and IT professionals responsible for securing and governing enterprise access. If you manage hybrid environments, enforce Zero Trust, automate lifecycle processes, or protect against identity-based threats, this guide is for you. A foundational understanding of networking, IAM, and cloud concepts will help you get the most from this book.
