Privileged Identity Management (PIM) is a service in Microsoft Entra ID that enables you to manage, control, and monitor access to important resources in your organization. These resources include resources in Microsoft Entra ID, Azure, and other Microsoft Online Services such as Microsoft 365 or Microsoft Intune. The following video explains important PIM concepts and features.
A privilege is the right of an account, such as a user or group account, to perform various system-related operations on the local computer, such as shutting down the system, loading device drivers, or changing the system time.
The following excerpt is from The Administrator Accounts Security Planning Guide, first published on : "Most security-related training courses and documentation discuss the implementation of a principle of least privilege, yet organizations rarely follow it. The principle is simple, and the impact of applying it correctly greatly increases your security and reduces your risk. The ...
This article describes the least privileged role you should use for several tasks in Microsoft Entra ID. You will find tasks organized by feature area and the least privileged role required to perform each task, along with additional non-Global Administrator roles that can perform the task. You can further restrict permissions by assigning roles at smaller scopes or by creating your own custom ...
This document guides you through implementing the technical components of the privileged access strategy, including secure accounts, workstations and devices, and interface security (with conditional access policy). This guidance sets up all of the profiles for all three security levels and should be assigned your organizations roles based on the Privileged access security levels guidance ...