Entra 🆔 News #105 → This week in Microsoft Entra
👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.
It was a huge week for Zero Trust! The Microsoft Zero Trust workshop is now generally available (GA) with three new pillars, expanding to cover your entire environment. You can read all about it in my post below.
Also, be sure to check out this week’s Entra Chat podcast with Chetan. Chetan is a guru on all things Identity Provisioning in Entra. If you work with IAM and Entra ID Governance, there are few people who know the ins and outs of provisioning better than him.
Enjoy!
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🏆 General Availability
Microsoft expands Zero Trust workshop to cover network, SecOps, and more • Rob Lefferts
Restricted management administrative units in Microsoft Entra ID • Microsoft Learn
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Global Secure Access integration with Netskope's Advanced Threat Protection and Data Loss Prevention • Microsoft Learn
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Forrester names Microsoft a Leader in the 2025 Zero Trust Platforms Wave™ report • Joy Chik, Vasu Jakkal
Secure networks with SASE, Zero Trust, and AI • Microsoft Learn
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From the community…
🚀 Most popular posts from last week
🥇Terraforming Your Existing Entra ID Conditional Access Policies • Alf Løkken
🥈Upcoming Change to Entra App Consent Defaults: What Admins Need to Know Before July 16 • Matthew Levy
🥉Manage Local Admin Accounts (LAPS) over Intune – finally simple! • Spiros Karampinis
☀️ Learn
👩✈️ AI & Copilot
RBAC in Microsoft Security Copilot: How to Set It Up and Why It Matters • Mattias Melkersen Kalvåg
Calling Azure OpenAI with Managed Identity via sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint • Jose Manuel Jurado Diaz
🧰 Workload ID
In-Depth Series: Shadow IDs & Workload Security in Entra • Ankit Gupta
👮♂️ ID Governance
🌐 Private Access & Internet Access (GSA)
📦 Apps
🔑 Authentication
👥 User & Group Management
🤖 DevOps & PowerShell
Certificate Auth for Microsoft Graph • Brian Reid
Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK V2.29 Now Available • Tony Redmond
🚦 Conditional Access
Conditional Access as a Code with DevOps and PowerShell – Part 1 • Nikolay Marinov
🔐 Credential Management
Microsoft to remove personal account requirement for Microsoft Authenticator backup • Daniel Bradley
Easier Configuration Promised for the Microsoft Authenticator App • Tony Redmond
🥷 Security
When Backups Open Backdoors: Accessing Sensitive Cloud Data via "Synology Active Backup for Microsoft 365" • Leonid Hartmann
How to Secure Redirect URIs in Microsoft Entra ID Applications • Daniel Bradley
Microsoft’s Evolving Zero Trust Strategy in 2025 • Ankit Gupta
Security as mindset: The impact of Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative • Joël Prins
Investigating Mailbox Breaches with the Graph Activity Log • Mezba Uddin
♻️ Sync
Export Azure AD Connect (Entra Connect) OUs to a CSV file • Rakhesh Sasidharan
📒 Tenant Configuration
Configuring M365 Company Branding & Privacy Settings: Simple Tricks to Reduce Phishing Risks • Ewelina Paczkowska
🛍️ External ID - Customers
Can you provision user MFA programatically in Entra External ID? • Rory Braybrook
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