1. Entra ID is the identity provider for MSFT clouds
   1. [[202312231415 Azure Master|“Azure”]]
   2. M365
   3. Dynamics 365
2. Entra ID is not AD in the cloud.
   1. Has flat structure/ No OUs
   2. Has administrative units
3. We can create additional tenants
4. By default it will <>.onmicrosoft.com
   1. Can create/add custom domains
5. When assigning license to groups only license applied to first level works not to members of nested groups

[[202208041136 Entra Connect sync|“Entra connect”]] to sync between on-prem AD and [[202404011327 Entra ID|“Entra ID”]] Active directory is always the source of truth. Even if HR system is connected to Azure. Entra ID talks to on-prem to create object, which then replicates to Entra ID.

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