Entra 🆔 News #66 → This week in Microsoft Entra
Learn about SMS as MFA in External ID going GA📲, new intro videos 🎥 from the Entra product team on ID Governance and External ID, summary of September updates 🗓️, and more! 🚀
👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.
The Entra change update for this quarter was posted this week. If you manage Entra, you'll want to review the announcements and take recommended actions if your tenant or users might be impacted.
There’s a lot of ❤️ for 🔥 Maester this week, including an in-depth discussion on the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast and Tony Redmond sharing how he wrote a custom Maester test.
You also won’t want to miss this week’s Azure Security Podcast featuring Dr. Azure AD, talking about Entra ID purple-teaming.
Enjoy!
⚡️ Microsoft
🪴 What's new in Microsoft Entra
What’s news in Microsoft Entra - September 2024 • Shobhit Sahay
Upcoming MFA enforcement on Microsoft Entra admin center
Date change announcement: Deprecation of keychain-backed device identity for Apple devices
Upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft Entra Connect by April 2, 2025
New Certificate Authorities (CAs) for login.microsoftonline.com: Action required from customers who only trust DigiCert certificates
Microsoft Copilot update to enterprise data protection
Enable Browser Access (EBA) by default for all Android users
Restricted permissions on Directory Synchronization Accounts (DSA) role in Microsoft Entra Connect Sync and Cloud Sync
Upcoming improvements to the SSO enrollment dialog
Important Update: Azure AD Graph Retirement
Important Update: AzureAD PowerShell and MSOnline PowerShell retirement
License assignment modifications will no longer be supported in the Microsoft Entra Admin Center
Dynamic type versioning in Bicep templates for Microsoft Graph
Retirement of legacy user authentication methods management experience in Entra Portal
Deprecating Enable Browser Access (EBA) UI
Deferred changes to My Groups admin controls
My Security Info Add Sign-In Method picker user interface update
Provisioning UX modernization
Moving from a browse-based to a search-based solution for access package discovery
Upcoming license enforcement for Microsoft Entra Internet Access and Microsoft Entra Private Access
🏆 General Availability
SMS as an MFA method in Entra External ID • Microsoft Learn
📖 Read
File hosting services misused for identity phishing • Microsoft Threat Intelligence
Configuring your Azure Function with External ID as an identity provider • Arbaaz Abdulwahid
📺 Watch
How to edit user's profile in Microsoft Entra External ID (10 min) • Linda Park
Microsoft Entra ID Governance Overview (19 min) • Arvind Harinder
Microsoft Entra External ID Introduction (9 min) • Siobhan Power
📆 Upcoming Events
From the community…
🚀 Most popular posts from last week
Windows Hello for Business: Enhanced Security with Multi-Factor Unlock • Oliver Müller
CyberArk: Comply with mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) on Azure • CyberArk
My PowerShell module to enable Entra ID PIM roles as a user • Rakhesh Sasidharan
☀️ Learn
🌐 Private Access & Internet Access (GSA)
Detecting and reporting Zscaler Client Connector and Zscaler Private Access status using PowerShell and Intune • Valentin Valeanu
📦 Apps
Microsoft Entra ID App-to-App security architecture • Damien Bowden
🔑 Authentication
Unlock Secure and Effortless Authentication with Microsoft Entra ID Temporary Access Pass (TAP) • Shaun Hardneck
How to automatically migrate to Authentication Methods policies • Daniel Bradley
The first step to Passwordless. Think about passwords • Michael Duddington
🤖 DevOps & PowerShell
How I Write PowerShell Scripts for Microsoft 365 • Tony Redmond
Force Password Change for All Users in Microsoft 365 • Ali Tajran
How to Block access to Exchange Online PowerShell • o365info Team
🖥️ Devices
Unpacking the Microsoft Intune MDM Certificate • Ben Whitmore
🏙️ External ID - Guests & Multi-Tenant Organizations
🥷 Security
Simplify and secure Exchange Online connections with Azure Automation’s Managed Identity • Per-Torben Sørensen
📒 Tenant Configuration
How to to control self-service purchases in the Microsoft 365 admin center • Vasil Michev
Block Self-Service Purchases in Microsoft 365 • Rudy Mens
⚒️ Toolkit
BitlockerRecoveryKeyToBarcode - Generates barcodes from BitLocker Recovery Keys and display it on screen • Erlend
🎙️ Podcasts
Exploring DevOps Tools: Maester, Pester, and SCUBA - Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast (38 min) • Ben Stegink, Scott Hoag
Episode 102: Entra ID Purple-teaming with Dr Azure AD - Azure Security Podcast • Michael Howard, Sarah Young, Gladys Rodriguez and Mark Simos
📺 Watch
Phishing Resistant MFA for New Users in Microsoft 365 (14 min) • Jonathan Edwards
ISACA - Top 5 Lessons Learned in Defending Microsoft365 (22 min) • Zolder
Request access package on-behalf-of other users (Preview) (9 min) • Rio Hindle
🔥 Maester
Create a Custom Maester Test with PowerShell and the Graph • Tony Redmond
The “Maester” Security Testing Tool • Anton Willoughby
M365 Security Testing with Maester • Andy Lombardo
👨🏽💻 Merill’s corner
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