Entra 🆔 News #112 → This week in Microsoft Entra
Learn about the upcoming MFA enforcement for Azure PowerShell/CLI, updates on AI for Security in Entra and more.
👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.
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On the Entra Chat this week, I caught up with my fellow Maester co-creator, Microsoft MVP, creator of TokenTactics v2, EntraScopes.com, and man of many achievements, Fabian Bader. We spoke about conditional access security, some of Fabian’s latest research, and Entra’s new Group Source of Authority feature. Add it to your podcast queue or YouTube watch list 👇
Finally, it’s conference season! If you want to catch me in person, I’ll be presenting at these upcoming conferences. Looking forward to catching up with you if you can attend.
The Experts Conference, Minneapolis • Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2025
Workplace Ninjas US, Dallas • Dec 9 - 10, 2025
Experts Live Denmark 2026 • Feb 24 - 25, 2026
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Token Protection Conditional Access • Microsoft Learn
🔥 Public Preview
What’s New in AI for Security from Microsoft Entra? • Rahul Prakash
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Securing and governing the rise of autonomous agents • Igor Sakhnov
Elevating practitioner voices: Help shape the future Microsoft Entra community initiatives • Laura Viarengo
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From the community…
🚀 Most popular posts from last week
🥇Conditional Access Essentials: Naming conventions, personas, emergency access & design process • Ewelina Paczkowska
🥈Mastering Microsoft Entra Authentication Contexts – Part 1: What They Are, Why They Matter, and How to Use The • Sebastian Flæng Markdanner
🥉Getting Started with Intune – Some things to watch • Andrew Taylor
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How to Delegate Access Package Approvals in My Access • Daniel Bradley
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🌐 Private Access & Internet Access (GSA)
📦 Apps
🔑 Authentication
Automating Approval and Access to an Entra ID Account • Chris Greenacre
Securing Entra ID with YubiKey: How to Set Up and Sign In with Your Security Key • Shaun Hardneck
👥 User & Group Management
Entra ID – Bulk User Download – Enhanced Experience • Michael Morten Sonne
Ghosts, Auditors and Lawyers: 5 Scenarios Where a Simple 'Last-Login' Cleanup Script Fails • JJ Milner
When Azure Dynamic Groups Meet Weak ACLs • Christian Bortone
📺 10 Ways to Create Entra ID Users You Didn’t Know About! (17 min) • Michael Whitehouse
🚦 Conditional Access
Conditional Access Essentials: RMAUs, Named Locations, Authentication Strengths, Service Principals • Ewelina Paczkowska
📺 Token Protection (GA) - AiTM Attacks (8 min) • Rio Hindle
🔐 Credential Management
Security Info Registration. Entra ID’s rabbit hole • Jan Bakker
🖥️ Devices
Modern Server Management – Azure Arc RDP with Entra ID Authentication • Frank van Zandwijk
PKI Requirements for Windows Hello for Business Cert trust • Anders Ahl
Finding Seamless SSO usage • Nathan McNulty
🏙️ External ID - Guests & Multi-Tenant Organizations
Find and Restore Deleted Cross-Tenant Access Policies • Daniel Bradley
Microsoft Entra Connected Organizations: Getting External Access Under Control • Shaun Hardneck
🥷 Security
EntraGoat Scenario 2: Exploiting App-Only Graph Permissions in Entra ID • Jonathan Elkabas, Tomer Nahum
Windows hello for buiness faceplant planting biometric templates • Tillmann Osswald
Extend Entra Sign-In Logs Beyond 30 Days • Michael Vink
Learning from Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative • Paul Robichaux
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Ctrl+Alt+Azure - Finally here – Group Source of Authority in the cloud • Jussi Roine & Tobias Zimmergren
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So many great contributions.. looking forward to read and learn.