Entra 🆔 News #74 → This week in Microsoft Entra
🎉 Learn about Microsoft Entra taking Gartner's 🏆 top spot for Access Management 🚀, upcoming retirements ⏳ and changes 🔄, new webinars 🎥, podcasts 🎙️, and more! 🌟
👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.
The world of Entra was super busy this week with Gartner naming Entra as a leader for the eighth year running, and a host of updates on retirements and changes including Azure AD Graph API (retiring in Feb 2025) and Azure AD PowerShell.
We also have a few interesting webinars coming up including a session on successfully migrating from Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID (registration link below).
Finally, Merill will be joining the rest of the Maester team on a special Maester AMA this week on the EMS Community Discord, more info here.
Enjoy!
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⚡️ Microsoft
8 years as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Access Management • Alex Simons
🏆 General Availability
🔥 Public Preview
🏁 Retirement
Action required: Azure AD Graph API retirement • Kristopher Bash
📖 Read
📺 Watch
What’s new in Microsoft Entra – November 2024 (6 min) • Abigail Brown, Haris Mohammad
Microsoft Entra External ID Overview (9 min) • Siobhan Power
AMA: Microsoft Entra Suite - Tech Community Live (30 min) • Nasos Kladakis, Martin Coetzer, Jeevan Bisht, Jef Kazimer
AMA: Microsoft Security Service Edge (SSE) - Tech Community Live (30 min) • Fernando Perez, Reshmi Yandapalli, Abhijeet Sinha, Bruno Raimondo
🗣️ Message Center
📆 Upcoming Events
Register for these online Microsoft events.
Dec 11 - 425 Show: Securing Generative AI with Microsoft Entra
Dec 18 - 425 Show: Evilginx: How threat actors perform Phishing and Token Theft attacks
✨ Microsoft Entra ID - November release notes
What's new in Microsoft Entra - November 2024 • Shobhit Sahay
Update to security defaults
Enablement of passkeys in Authenticator for passkey (FIDO2) organizations with no key restrictions
Encrypted access tokens for Microsoft APIs
Change in format for aud claim in access tokens for Microsoft Graph
Ensure the right people can continue to access security advisories in Azure Service Health
Public preview refresh - Hardware OATH tokens
Entra ID: Expansion of WhatsApp as an MFA one-time passcode delivery channel
Important update: Azure AD Graph retirement
Important update: AzureAD and MSOnline PowerShell retirement
New free subscription rollout: Microsoft Entra ID Free
Suggested access packages in My Access
Microsoft Entra Connect Sync Version 2.4.27.0 is now available
Deprecation of Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) hybrid reporting to Microsoft Entra audit log feature
SMS as an MFA method in Microsoft Entra External ID
Enhancements to Attribute Collection in Microsoft Entra External ID
Microsoft Entra Private Access - Quick access policies
From the community…
🚀 Most popular posts from last week
How to Secure Admin Access! - Part 3 • Maarten Robert Rosier
Entra ID as a Code • Mateusz Jendza
Azure IAM, PIM & Resource Locks? • Jay Kerai
☀️ Learn
⛑️ ID Protection
Microsoft Entra ID Protection: Protect Identities, Detect Risks and Mitigate Threats • Oliver Müller
👮♂️ ID Governance
Request Temporary Access Pass on behalf of others via Entra ID Governance Access Package • Jan Bakker
Use Requestor information in Entra ID Access Packages as input for Custom Extensions • Jan Bakker
Enforcing Secure Sign-Ins with Passkeys and optimizing through Identity Governance • Manish Periwal
Using Access Packages for Flexible Access Management in Microsoft Entra • Sandra Saluti
🤖 DevOps & PowerShell
How to use Get-MgGroupOwner in PowerShell • Ali Tajran
🚦 Conditional Access
How to fix the FUNDAMENTAL flaw in Conditional Access (Part 1 – Introduction and coverage gaps) • Per-Torben Sørensen
🖥️ Devices
Enroll Global Secure Access on iOS / iPadOS devices with Intune • Jan Mulder
Selective Wipe On MAM For Windows • Nicklas Olsen
📈 Reporting and Insights
🥷 Security
Microsoft Zero Trust Workshop – The Assesment tool, an ideal tool to jumpstart your journey. • Joery Van den Bosch
Unlocking Zero Trust: How Microsoft Entra Suite redefines secure access and identity management • Matthew Levy
Part 1 – What is a FIDO2 key and How to Set One Up for Emergency Access in Entra ID • Imran Rashid
Part 2 – Configure a YubiKey For An Emergency Access Account In Entra ID • Imran Rashid
🎙️ Podcasts
How Phishing Resistant Credentials Work - Blueprint: Build the Best in Cyber Defense • Mark Morowczynski and Tarek Dawoud
📺 Watch
Applying Conditional Access Policy to M365 and Security Copilots (4 min) • John Savill
Microsoft Graph series (3 min) • Steve Weiner
Why Your Entra ID MFA Is Failing You [5 Major Pitfalls] (13 min) • Ru Campbell
Continuous Access Evaluation Deep Dive - Securing Your Tokens! (28 min) • John Savill
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