Entra 🆔 News #100 → This week in Microsoft Entra
Learn about an upcoming breaking change if your tenant used the old SharePoint guest sharing feature. Plus GSA is now available in China and more...
👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.
This is officially the 100th issue of the Entra newsletter!
We had planned a special edition, but thanks to a three-day long weekend for the King’s birthday here in Australia and all the fun at Oz Comic Con, we've pushed it to next week 🦸.
In the meantime, have you checked out this week’s Entra.Chat podcast? It’s a great listen. We spoke with Maqsood Bhatti from Elkjøp Nordic about their migration from NetIQ to running 100% in the cloud with Entra. We also dive into how they creatively automate everything using no-code solutions like Logic Apps alongside Entra ID Governance.
Listen on your favourite podcast app or watch the full episode on YouTube.
Enjoy!
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⚡️ Microsoft
🔥 Public Preview
Global Secure Access support in China (Preview) • Microsoft Learn
📖 Read
Leading the way in resilience at scale • Nadim Abdo, Igor Sakhnov
Understanding and Mitigating Golden SAML Attacks • Nitika Gupta, Yaron Paryanty
Integrating Microsoft Defender for Identity Signals with Entra Recommendations • Shobhit Sahay
Putting the “Identity” in Identity Threat Detection and Response with Microsoft Entra ID • Nitika Gupta
📺 Watch
Configure OpenID Connect identity provider in Microsoft Entra External ID • Yoel Horvitz, Bora Ozbayburtlu
🗣️ Message Center
06 Jun - MC1089315 - Resharing to external users required after enabling Microsoft SharePoint integration with Microsoft Entra B2B → 🔴 Major Change
From the community…
🚀 Most popular posts from last week
🥇From Legacy to Modern: A Complete Guide to Entra ID MFA & SSPR Migration • Sreejith Reghunathan Pillai
🥈Locking down your FIDO2 requirements • Per-Torben Sørensen
🥉Microsoft Launches Agent Management in the Entra Admin Center • Tony Redmond
☀️ Learn
👩✈️ AI & Copilot
How to Secure MCP Servers with Entra ID and Azure API Management • Brian Veldman
💳 Verified ID
Entra Verified ID Tips! • Jay Kerai
⛑️ ID Protection
🌐 Private Access & Internet Access (GSA)
Entra ID – New version of Entra ID Private Network Connector • Benoit Hamet
📦 Apps
🔑 Authentication
How to Enable Token Binding With Microsoft Graph PowerShell • Daniel Bradley
Configure Okta as an external authentication method for Microsoft Entra ID • Okta
👥 User & Group Management
How to Limit Groups Administrator Access to Specific Groups • Martin Heusser
Export Group Memberships in Microsoft Entra ID with PowerShell • Ali Tajran
AZ-500 Study guide – Section 3 – Manage identity and access – Manage Microsoft Entra authorization • Harri Jaakkonen
🤖 DevOps & PowerShell
Poor man’s IGA: Revoke all refresh tokens for user • Jan Bakker
Avoid The Five Big Errors in Graph PowerShell Scripts • Tony Redmond
🖥️ Devices
🏙️ External ID - Guests & Multi-Tenant Organizations
Federating Identities between two MS365 Tenants for Collaboration • Joe Stocker
Efficiently Removing Inactive Guest Users in M365/Azure • Kenelle Moore
📈 Reporting and Insights
Monitor Microsoft Licenses with Power BI and Microsoft Graph • Christian Frohn
🥷 Security
Persisting Unseen: Defending against Entra ID persistence • Katie Knowles
Full Disclosure, GraphGhost: Are You Afraid of Failed Logins? • nyxgeek
Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks - Phishing With MCP • James Williams
🧯 How to Break Glass (fast) • Albin Klinaku
Mastering Microsoft 365 Security Technologies: Design and implement Microsoft security, compliance, and identity [Book] • Pramiti Bhatnagar
♻️ Sync
📒 Tenant Configuration
Monitoring Microsoft Entra ID Break Glass Accounts: Best Practices & Real-Time Alerts Part 1/2 • Sreejith Reghunathan Pillai
🎙️ Podcasts
The Dawn of Agent IDs in Entra ID - Ctrl+Alt+Azure • Jussi Roine and Tobias Zimmergren
📺 Watch
SECURE Your Microsoft 365 with Privileged Identity Management! • Jonathan Edwards
TLS Inspection in Global Secure Access (High Level Demo) • Rio Hindle
[OAuth Attacks] How App Permissions Are Dangerous • Threatscape
Microsoft Security Copilot Conditional Access Optimization Agent • Tech Field Day
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