Azure Active Directory
Manage users and permissions with Azure Active Directory.
- Active Directory (AD) is not the same as Azure Active Directory.
- Different skillset from AD to Azure AD.
- Every Azure account will have an Azure AD service.
- A Tenant is a dedicated instance of Azure AD. It represents your organization in Azure.
- A user can be a member or guest of up to 500 tenants.
- A Subscription is a billing entity. All resources belong to a single subscription.
- Azure AD can help manage users in a hybrid cloud setup.