Master IAM, SSO, SAML, and Identity Center across AWS IAM and Azure Entra ID with hands-on labs
This course is designed for cloud engineers, DevOps professionals, and architects who want to understand and implement identity and access management in real-world AWS and Azure environments.
What you’ll learn
- Understand identity and access management concepts across AWS and Azure.
- Implement SAML-based federation from Azure Entra ID to AWS IAM.
- Configure AWS IAM Identity Center for centralized SSO and access management.
- Automate user and group provisioning using SCIM between Azure and AWS.
- Apply ABAC (attribute-based access control) using session tags in AWS.
- Monitor and audit identity activity.
Course Content
- Introduction –> 3 lectures • 6min.
- AWS Foundations –> 7 lectures • 40min.
- Azure Foundations –> 4 lectures • 31min.
- Identity Federation with SAML –> 3 lectures • 20min.
- IAM Identity Center –> 4 lectures • 40min.
- Logging, Auditing & Monitoring Identity –> 1 lecture • 7min.
Requirements
This course is designed for cloud engineers, DevOps professionals, and architects who want to understand and implement identity and access management in real-world AWS and Azure environments.
Modern cloud infrastructures rely heavily on centralized identity, single sign-on, and automated access management. In this course, you will learn how identity works across AWS and Azure, how to federate access using SAML, and how to manage users and permissions at scale using AWS IAM Identity Center and Azure Entra ID.
The course follows a clear, practical path, from identity fundamentals to enterprise-grade multi-account and multi-cloud setups. Every major concept is reinforced with hands-on labs, not theory alone.
What you’ll learn in this course:
- Core identity and access management concepts in AWS and Azure
- How to securely set up AWS and Azure accounts using MFA and best practices
- AWS IAM fundamentals, users, roles, policies, and organizations
- Azure Entra ID users, groups, roles, and licensing models
- SAML federation: using Azure as an Identity Provider for AWS
- Limitations of IAM-only federation and why Identity Center is needed
- AWS IAM Identity Center: permission sets, assignments, and org integration
- Automated user and group provisioning using SCIM
- Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) using session tags
- Identity logging and auditing with AWS CloudTrail and CloudWatch
This course focuses on how identity is actually implemented in production, not just diagrams. By the end, you’ll be able to design, deploy, and operate a secure multi-cloud identity architecture suitable for real companies and enterprise environments.
About the Instructor
Hi, I’m Kostia – Cloud/Infrastructure Architect with expertise in system design, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure. I hold multiple certifications, including AWS Solutions Architect and Terraform Professional. With years of hands-on experience building dynamic, scalable systems using Terraform, I’m here to share practical experience with you!
Key Features
- High-quality video content: Concise and focused lessons to maximize your learning.
- Step-by-step guidance: Learn as we build and manage resources together.
- Useful links and resources: Get access to curated references and official documentation.
Requirements
- A computer and internet access.
- The ability to create an AWS and Azure accounts (we’ll cover the setup process in the course).
Why Take This Course?
By taking this course, you’ll gain the skills and confidence to design, implement, and operate secure identity and access management solutions across AWS and Azure. You’ll learn how identity works in real-world multi-account and multi-cloud environments, including SSO, federation, automated provisioning, and centralized access control.
This course is built for cloud engineers, DevOps professionals, and architects who want practical, production-ready identity knowledge that goes beyond theory and can be applied immediately in enterprise cloud environments.