Entra 🆔 News #59 → This week in Microsoft Entra
🚀 From securing 🛡️ your Azure deployments with PSRule to mastering passwordless security and prepping for mandatory MFA, we've got you covered. 🎯 Don't miss the hottest community posts and videos👇
👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.
This is one of the very rare weeks that we don’t have any public previews and general availability announcements. But worry not, there’s plenty to learn from the community including some really insightful videos on YouTube. Add them to your playlist.
Merill was very excited to join the Identity at the Center Podcast 🎧 last week with Jim McDonald to talk about his favorite topic (shh… it’s Entra 😂). See links below to subscribe and listen to the podcast.
Enjoy!
⚡️ Microsoft
📖 Read
Securing your Azure deployments with PSRule • James Casey
🗣️ Entra Connect
From the community…
🚀 Most popular posts from last week
Unlocking Passwordless Security: A Step-by-Step Guide to Configuring FIDO2 Security Keys with Microsoft Entra ID • Sreejith Reghunathan Pillai
Azure Mandatory MFA Planning Guide • Charbel Nemnom
Licensing will be removed from Entra portal, a closer look • Per-Torben Sørensen
6 Entra ID updates that Every Admin Must Know! (Sep 24) (12 min) • Andy Malone
Microsoft Entra ID: Automatically roll over Kerberos decryption key • Oliver Müller
☀️ Learn
🔑 Authentication
How to Use Passkey in Authenticator: A Tutorial • Simon Skotheimsvik
Beyond Passwords: The Passwordless Authentication Series - Part 2 • Ewelina Paczkowska
All you need to know about the mandatory multifactor authentication for Azure and other administration portals • Jan Bakker
Mandatory MFA Requirement for Access to Azure Sites and Tools • Tony Redmond
Best practice for emergency access accounts in Microsoft Entra • Daniel Bradley
Mandatory MFA Enforcements! Including Service Accounts and Break Glass Accounts. Now What? • Shehan Perera
Register A FIDO2 Key For Your Break Glass Account • Sean McAvinue
👥 Group Management
Entra ID and Accidental Security Group Deletion • Fish Eagle
🖥️ Devices
Enhancing Security With Intune MAM (preview) for Windows 365 • Sune Thomsen
🏙️ External ID - Guests & Multi-Tenant Organizations
Troubleshooting Entra ID Tenant Switching Issues • Julian Sperling
📈 Reporting and Insights
Reporting Entra ID Administrative Role Assignments • Tony Redmond
🥷 Security
You always trust your CSP - Cross Tenant MFA and GDAP • Fabian Bader
Step-by-Step Guide: How to setup Entra ID Restricted Management Administrative Units • Dishan M. Francis
📒 Tenant Configuration
🛍️ External ID - Customers
Getting user attributes via the Graph Explorer in Azure AD B2C and Entra External ID • Rory Braybrook
🎙️ Podcasts
The Identity at the Center Podcast: Apple - Spotify - YouTube
📺 Watch
Unlocking Your Device: The Power of Windows Hello for Business (20 min) • Jonathan Edwards
How Hackers Bypass MFA? [2 Ways To Stop Them] (9 min) • Ru Campbell
Secure Your Microsoft Entra Dynamic Groups with Sensitivity Labels (13 min) • Peter Rising
Wow!! Get Ready for Mandatory MFA for Azure portals (13 min) • Peter Rising
From Cloudy to Clear: Demystifying Azure Authentication - PSConfEU 2024 (94 min) • Emanuel Palm
BlackHat Arsenal 2024 - BadZure : Exploring Azure AD Attack Paths (22 min) • Mauricio Velazco
GraphSpy - Offensive Security Tool for Microsoft 365 with Keanu Nys (37 min) • Andre Camillo, Keanu Nys
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