AZ-104 Certification Notes

Chapter 2.7 - Azure AD Connect

Azure AD Connect

Azure AD Connect is a hybrid service to connect your on-premise Active Directory to your Azure Account. Azure AD Connect allows for seamless Single Sign On from your on-premise workstation to Microsoft Azure.

• Azure AD Connect has the following features:
  • Password hash synchronization
    • Sign-in method, synchronizes a hash of a users on-premises AD password with Azure AD
  • Pass-through authentication
    • Sign-in method, allows users to use the same password on-premises and in the cloud
  • Federation integration
    • Hybrid environment using an on-premises AD FS infrastructure, for certificate renewal
  • Synchronization
    • Responsible for creating users, groups, and other objects, ensures on-prem and cloud data matches
  • Health Monitoring
    • Robust monitoring and provide a central location in the Azure portal to view this activity

Practice Quiz

• Which Azure AD Connect feature includes robust monitoring and provides a central location in the Azure portal to view this activity?

  • Pass-through authentication
  • Password hash synchronization
  • Synchronization
  • Health Monitoring

• Which Azure AD Connect feature includes a sign-in method that synchronizes a hash of a user's on-premises AD password with Azure AD?

  • Password hash synchronization
  • Pass-through authentication
  • Synchronization
  • Federation integration

• Which Azure AD Connect feature is responsible for creating users, groups, and other objects, ensures on-prem and cloud data matches​?

  • Federation integration
  • Health Monitoring
  • Synchronization
  • Pass-through authentication

• What is Azure AD Connect used for?

  • Azure AD Connect is a hybrid service to connect your on-premise Active Directory to your Azure Account​.