{"id":183,"date":"2021-03-03T18:24:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecloudmarathoner.com\/?p=183"},"modified":"2021-08-12T20:13:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T20:13:00","slug":"what-is-an-azure-administrative-unit-and-its-benefits-%f0%9f%a4%94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elyusubov.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/03\/what-is-an-azure-administrative-unit-and-its-benefits-%f0%9f%a4%94\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an Azure administrative unit and its benefits? \ud83e\udd14"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"339\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TumLuHO.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TumLuHO.png 626w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TumLuHO-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Administrative Units (AU) are Azure AD resources which can contain only users and groups.<br><br>AUs could manage permissions \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f\ud83d\udd10 in a role to any segment of your organization. For example, you could use AUs to delegate the User Administrator role to regional support specialists, so they can manage users only in the region that they support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AUs are especially helpful when an organization whose IT department is scattered across globe and wants to categorize and define relevant geographical boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, supported scenarious from Azure AD portal are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Create administrative units<\/li><li>Add users and groups members of administrative units<\/li><li>Assign IT staff to administrative unit-scoped administrator roles.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, assigned users can easily manage their AU users from mystaff\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/microsoft\/\">Mic<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/microsoft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rosoft<\/a>\u00a0website \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/mystaff.microsoft.com\/\">http<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mystaff.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">s:\/\/mystaff.microsoft.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the following Microsoft docs post for more details and use ases\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dXMMncJ\">https:\/\/ln<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dXMMncJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">kd.in\/dXMMn<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dXMMncJ\">cJ <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=sharingiscaring&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6776171527843934209\">#SharingIsCaring<\/a>\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, if you end up loving this story and want to lean about managing your sers with &#8220;My Staff&#8221; &#8211; then check out <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/active-directory\/roles\/my-staff-configure\">th<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/active-directory\/roles\/my-staff-configure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is handy pos<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/active-directory\/roles\/my-staff-configure\">t<\/a> on Micrsoft docs page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F\u1d0f\u029f\u029f\u1d0f\u1d21 \u1d0d\u1d07 \ud83c\udfaf \u1d00\u0274\u1d05 become the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=cloudmarathoner&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6776171527843934209\">#cloudmarathoner<\/a>&nbsp;\u26c5\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f &#8211; \ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc13&#8217;\ud835\udc12 \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc13 \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p id=\"pvc_stats_183\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"183\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p><div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Administrative Units (AU) are Azure AD resources which can contain only users and groups. 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