Chapter 1: Planning for Hybrid Identity

Configuring a Microsoft 365 hybrid environment requires an understanding of your organization's identity needs, which will enable you to plan and deploy the correct Azure Active Directory (AD) authentication and synchronization method within your environment. This chapter covers planning your identity methodology and describes the process of monitoring and understanding the events recorded by Azure AD Connect.

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to determine your business needs, analyze on-premises identity infrastructure, and develop a plan for hybrid identity. You will understand how to design and implement authentication and application management solutions, how to enhance data security through strong identity, and how to analyze events and configure alerts in Azure AD Connect.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Planning your hybrid environment
• Synchronization methods with Azure AD Connect
• Additional authentication security
• Event monitoring and troubleshooting in Azure AD Connect