Brings people from outside the organisation in as guest accounts; they authenticate with their own home tenant or identity provider.
Also called Azure AD B2B, Azure AD B2B, Entra B2B.
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Terms in this definition
- AGDLP
Nesting pattern: users go into global groups, which go into domain local groups, which receive the permissions. AGUDLP adds universal groups for forests with several domains.
- Tenant
A trusted, dedicated Microsoft Entra ID instance that stores the users, groups and app registrations of one organisation. A subscription trusts only a single tenant, although a tenant can be trusted by several subscriptions.
- Identity provider
Microsoft Entra ID is one example: a system that keeps identity records up to date and lets applications hand off sign-in, permission checks and logging to it.
Related terms
- Microsoft Entra B2B guest user
Someone from outside your organisation invited in via Microsoft Entra B2B collaboration. Once given a Fabric workspace role or item permission, they can act within it, limited by the tenant's guest settings.