Coming to the IAM MembershipIAM Fundamentals
Learn the core ideas every IAM role is built on.
- Stage
- IAM Beginner
- Level
- Beginner
- Format
- Video lessons
About this video
This SkillsBuild video course covers the building blocks of Identity and Access Management: identities, accounts, authentication, authorisation and the joiner-mover-leaver lifecycle. It sits at the start of the roadmap because every platform, from Active Directory to Okta, applies the same ideas in its own way.
What you'll learn
- Identities versus accounts, and why one person often has many accounts
- Authentication methods: passwords, MFA, passwordless and phishing-resistant options
- Authorisation with groups, roles, entitlements, RBAC and least privilege
- The joiner-mover-leaver lifecycle and where access tends to go wrong
- Users, groups and permissions in Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID
- What SSO and federation are, explained at a high level
- Privileged and service accounts, and why they need extra care
What's included
- Short explanations with simple diagrams for each concept
- Everyday workplace examples of access being granted, changed and removed
- Quick knowledge checks at the end of each lesson
- A beginner exercise mapping the access a sample team needs
Who it's for
- Complete beginners starting the IAM roadmap
- IT support staff who handle accounts and want the bigger picture
- Anyone preparing for SC-900 who wants the ideas explained clearly first
By the end, you'll be able to explain how identities, authentication, authorisation and JML fit together.