AI and Agents Identity and access management with Microsoft Entra

Last Updated 22 Oct 2026

Course Overview

We will learn about Microsoft Agent 365 as the unified control plane for managing and securing AI agents. We will explore advanced identity and access management across humans, workloads, and agents using Microsoft Entra. The course will cover agent lifecycle, observability, and governance, including Conditional Access and Identity Protection for agents. We will also discuss secure access using Entra Internet and Private Access, along with deploying and managing agents using Security Copilot. Finally, we will configure workload identities and agent authentication patterns to secure AI-driven environments.

Duration - 12 Hours

Level - Advanced

Style - Self paced

Course Type - Project Ready with Labs

Certification - No

Hands on Labs - Yes

Solution Areas - Security, Establish a trusted and secure platform for AI (Frontier), AI ready productivity & security for every employee (Core), Create a competitive edge with AI (Frontier), Modernize your data to drive results and leverage AI (Core)

Featured Product - Microsoft Entra

Course Modules

Secure Zero Trust access for Agents

Explore Microsoft Entra Suite and Zero Trust access strategies for securing the modern AI-powered workforce, along with Agent 365 as a unified control plane for agent security. Learn about AI Agent Guardrails and licensing options, including Microsoft 365 E7 and Agent 365 standalone.

Advanced Identity & Access Management

Learn how to manage unified access for users, workloads, and agents while securely governing external identities. Explore Agent ID management to strengthen identity governance, access control, and security across your environment.

Agent control with Entra ID Protection

Explore risk-based identity protection for Agent IDs, including Conditional Access with Optimization Agent capabilities. Learn how Identity Risk Management Agent helps strengthen protection for AI workloads and agents.

Agents Governance

Learn how Microsoft Entra ID Governance enables identity lifecycle management, entitlement management, access reviews, and Privileged Identity Management for users and AI agents. Explore Agent 365, Entra Agent ID, agent lifecycle management, scalable AI agent governance, and Windows 365 for Agents.

Security Copilot & Security Store

Explore how Security Copilot for Entra and Copilot agents can extend SOC capabilities and strengthen security operations. Learn to deploy agents through the Microsoft Security Store while applying responsible AI principles for secure and effective agent usage.

Manage Agent access with Entra Internet Access

Explore Secure Web & AI Gateway capabilities for shadow AI discovery, web filtering, and AI agent classification. Learn how to apply network controls to manage and secure AI agents across your organization.

Microsoft Entra Verified ID

Explore Microsoft Entra Verified ID, decentralized identifiers, and verifiable credentials for secure identity issuance and verification. Learn about agent sponsor attestation, premium capabilities, advanced use cases, and AI agent trust patterns.

Workload Identities & Agent Auth Patterns

Understand the differences between Service Principals, Managed Identities, and Agent IDs, and learn how to configure and secure workload identities using Conditional Access. Explore MCP authentication for agents and Federated Identity Credentials to enable secure, scalable identity management.

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