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Identity and Access Management in Azure

"Identity revolves around who am I ? and how can I prove that I am the one who is claiming to be."  Proving absolute need of access to the right people is key to success for every organization. Due to the growth of modern workspace and social life, identity management has become more challenging. Every day we deal with multiple identities within a corporate setting and forgetting identities of least recently used has become common. Thanks to "Forget Passport" - Self Service Password Reset features.   To deal with this situation Microsoft usages its most powerful tools Active Directory - Single Source of Authority for on-premises domain user's and applications, known as On-Premises Identity , Azure Active Directory - Cloud Identity for all cloud-based application and resources and Hybrid Identities - which extends on-premises identities to the Azure Active Directory so that existing users can access cloud-based application using their identities. It enables