The portal, at entra.microsoft.com, where admins look after identity in Microsoft Entra: users and groups, role assignments, Conditional Access, app registrations, sign-in methods and identity logs.
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Terms in this definition
- WHERE
Limits a SELECT, UPDATE or DELETE to just the rows meeting a condition. Omit it, and the statement hits every row.
- IDENTITY
A column property, written IDENTITY(seed, increment), that gives each new row the next number in a rising sequence. SCOPE_IDENTITY reports the latest value created in the current scope, and a rolled-back transaction still uses up the numbers it took.
- Microsoft Entra
The umbrella brand covering Microsoft's identity and network access portfolio. Internet Access, Private Access, External ID and ID Governance all belong to it, built on top of the core directory service, Entra ID.
- Role
How an actor normally or expectedly behaves, or the part a person takes in a process. A single actor may hold more than one role.
- Conditional Access
Policy engine in Microsoft Entra ID P1 that, depending on signals such as risk or named locations, allows access subject to controls like MFA or a compliant device, or blocks it.
- App protection policy
A set of Intune rules on managed apps that safeguards organisational data, for example by demanding a PIN or preventing copy-paste and save-as into personal apps. It works whether or not the device is enrolled.
Related terms
- Global Secure Access
Brand covering Microsoft's SSE (Security Service Edge) products, namely Internet Access and Private Access from Entra, which are set up through the Microsoft Entra admin center.