Manage Microsoft Entra ID identities
About this guide
Scenario
Your organization is building a new environment for pre-production testing of apps and services. A few engineers are being hired to manage the IT lab environment, including the virtual machines. To allow the engineers to authenticate by using Microsoft Entra ID, you’ll provision users and groups. To minimize administrative overhead, you’ll configure group membership to update automatically based on users’ assigned roles.
Job Skills
Task 1: Create and configure user accounts
Task 2: Create groups and add members
As organizations around the world migrate solutions to the cloud, the ability to implement, manage, and monitor cloud-based solutions is highly valued in numerous industries.
Architecture Diagram
Key Takeaways:
- A tenant represents your organization and helps you to manage a specific instance of Microsoft cloud services for your internal and external users.
- Microsoft Entra ID has user and guest accounts. Each account has a level of access specific to the scope of work expected to be done.
- Groups combine together related users or devices. There are two types of groups including Security and Microsoft 365.
- Group membership can be statically or dynamically assigned.
Career Connections
With the increasing demand for expertise in cloud-based administration, professionals with the skills from this series can pursue job prospects in roles such as Azure Administrator, Cloud Engineer, Systems Administrator (Cloud Focus), DevOps Engineer, and Cloud Support Engineer.
As of 2025, average cloud-related salaries in the United States range from $68,215 for entry-level Azure Administrators to $130,000 for mid-career DevOps Engineers, with Cloud Engineers, Systems Administrators, and Cloud Support Engineers earning competitive pay based on experience and role demands. Please note that these figures are approximate, derived from online sources, and can vary based on factors such as location, industry, and company size.
