👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.
Happy New Year! 🎉
Welcome to 2026! We hope you had a restful break and are ready to tackle whatever this year throws at you. Before we jump into this week’s top posts, don’t miss our latest podcast episode with Nicolas Blank, a great conversation to help you start the year with a solid security mindset.
Cybersecurity First Principles: Lessons from a 20-Year Microsoft MVP
Nicolas Blank, Founder of NBConsult and a 20-year Microsoft MVP, joins the show to dismantle the complexity around Zero Trust.
Now, let’s see what the community has been up to...
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From the community…
🚀 Most popular posts from last week
🥇Microsoft adds new Microsoft 365 Support Engineer role to Entra • Daniel Bradley
🥈How to Remediate Illicit Consent Grants in Microsoft 365 • Sruthy
🥉Admin Account Lifecycle Management – Part 1: Automated Provisioning with Entra ID Governance • Christian Frohn
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☀️ Learn
🌐 Private Access & Internet Access (GSA)
A second look at Microsoft Entra Private Access for Active Directory domain controllers • Chris Brumm
🔑 Authentication
Passkeys, NFC, and Microsoft Entra ID on Android: An Unexpected Breakthrough • Dr. Emin Huseynov
👥 User & Group Management
📺 Entra ID Expiration Settings Explained! (1 min) • Andy Malone
🚦 Conditional Access
How to Setup Conditional Access for Account Recovery • Daniel Bradley
🔐 Credential Management
Passkeys: A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Authentication • Sameer Bhanushali
Self-Service Account Recovery (SSAR) in Microsoft Entra ID - Getting Started Guide • Michael Mardahl
📺 Entra Account Recovery (26 min) • John Savill
🖥️ Devices
Fix Blank ‘Device ID’ and ‘Join Type’ Fields in Entra ID Sign-in Logs • Blesslin Rinu
How to Configure Personal Devices Using Entra Registered Devices • Pradeep
🥷 Security
ConsentFix: How a New OAuth Attack Bypasses Microsoft Entra Conditional Access • Fabian Bader, Christopher Brumm, Thomas Naunheim
📒 Tenant Configuration
Enterprise Certificate Pinning might hurt your Hybrid Identity security efforts this January (MC1193408) - The things that are better left unspoken • Sander Berkouwer
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