Entra 🆔 News #63 → This week in Microsoft Entra
🎉 Learn about Entra Internet Access 🌐 going GA, upcoming improvements to everyone's favorite SSO enrollment dialog 💻, and a half-day Entra Suite event coming to a city near you 🏙️!
👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.
It’s been an exciting week with Entra Internet Access going GA, a new ID Governance public preview, and the Entra External ID VS Code extension going GA.
The Entra team might be coming to a city near you for a half-day event launching Entra Suite. This is in-person only, and seats are filling up, so book early if you plan on attending.
Enjoy!
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⚡️ Microsoft
🏆 General Availability
Microsoft Entra Internet Access now generally available • Anupma Sharma
Announcing the General Availability (GA) of Microsoft Entra External ID extension for Visual Studio Code • Sameeksha Raina
🔥 Public Preview
Request access package on-behalf-of other users (Preview) • Microsoft Learn
📖 Read
📺 Watch
425 Show | What's New in Microsoft Entra - September 2024 (29 min) • Bailey Bercik, Jorge Lopez
🗣️ Entra What’s New
Upcoming Improvements to the SSO enrollment dialog - We are making some improvements to the end user experience when users add their account to a Windows device. We've refined the messaging in the SSO enrollment dialog (consent) to make it easier for end users to understand the choice(s) they can make and the impact of their choice(s). The changes also include a 'Learn more' link on the screen. The link points to a Microsoft Learn article that provides users with more information that will further enable them to make informed choice(s). Please note, the new SSO enrollment dialog will be gradually introduced starting in October 2024.
Moving from a browse-based to a search-based solution for access package discovery (Entra admin centre) - We're excited to introduce a new feature in My Access: a curated list of recommended access packages. This will allow users to quickly view the most relevant access packages without scrolling through a long list. The final tab will be a complete, searchable list of all visible access packages in the tenant.
We will deploy this to all customers as an opt-in preview by the end of October, with in-product messaging to highlight the change. By the end of November, it will transition to an opt-out preview, with general availability (GA) planned for December.
📆 Upcoming Events
Join us at the Microsoft Entra Suite Showcase! • Kaitlin Murphy
Register now to join Microsoft for a half-day event in the following locations.
Mexico City, Mexico • São Paulo, Brazil • Amsterdam, Netherlands • London, England • Dallas, TX, USA • Johannesburg, South Africa • Sydney, Australia • Atlanta, GA, USA • Berlin, Germany • Singapore, Singapore • Silicon Valley, CA, USA • Dubai, UAE • Mumbai, India • Paris, France • Bangalore, India • New York, NY, USA • Chicago, IL, USA
From the community…
🚀 Most popular posts from last week
The Magnificent 8 Conditional Access Policies of Microsoft Entra • Jon Towles
Mastering Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access Policies: A Comprehensive Guide • Sreejith Reghunathan Pillai
Checklist for Terminating Employees with Microsoft 365 Accounts • Tony Redmond
☀️ Learn
👮♂️ ID Governance
New feature in Entra ID Governance ELM - support for request on-behalf-of • Stian A. Strysse
Exploring Microsoft Entra ID Privileged Identity Management (PIM) Part-1/3 (Microsoft Entra Roles) • Sreejith Reghunathan Pillai
🌐 Private Access & Internet Access (GSA)
Entra Private Access and Exchange On-premises • Gerry Hampson
Deep Dive SSO in Entra Private Access • Chris Brumm
📦 Apps
Granting an admin consent in Entra ID from the comfort of your own machine • Rakhesh Sasidharan
🔑 Authentication
How to Secure Admin Access! - Part 1 & Part 2• Maarten Robert Rosier
Beyond Passwords: The Passwordless Authentication Series - part 4 • Ewelina Paczkowska
Emergency Accounts: Last Call! • Guillaume Bossiroy
🤖 DevOps & PowerShell
Understanding ConsistencyLevel Eventual with Microsoft Graph PowerShell • Daniel Bradley
My PowerShell module to manage Entra ID licenses • Rakhesh Sasidharan
Query the required permissions of a Microsoft Graph cmdlet • Harm Veenstra
🔐 Credential Management
Register Yubikeys on behalf of your users with Microsoft Entra ID FIDO2 provisioning APIs • Jan Bakker
🖥️ Devices
IOS and Certificate Based Authentication • Maxime Guillemin
🥷 Security
BlueTeamCon - Adventures in Cloud Hacking • Edwin David
Azure Attack Paths • Fabian Bader
Using regex with KQL in Data Collection Rules to filter Conditional Access policies • Rakhesh Sasidharan
Understanding Tokens in Entra ID: A Comprehensive Guide • Lina Lau
Hidden in Plain Sight: Abusing Entra ID Administrative Units for Sticky Persistence • Katie Knowles
📒 Tenant Configuration
📺 Watch
Lionel Ritchie and Windows Hello for Business (1 min) • Jonathan Edwards
Report Suspicious Activity with Microsoft Entra ID (MFA) (5 min) • Rio Hindle
Getting started with CLI for Microsoft 365 - Installation, setup & login (18 min) • Microsoft Community Learning
Staying sneaky in Azure - fwd:cloudsec • Christian Philipov
👨🏽💻 Merill’s corner
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