Entra 🆔 News #80 → This week in Microsoft Entra
Get the latest details on the Azure AD Graph 💎, Azure AD + MSOnline PowerShell module retirements 🍭, and other Entra news from this week! 🪄🌈🦄
👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.
We’re approaching the final stages of the retirement phase for Azure AD Graph and the Azure AD + MSOnline PowerShell modules. Check out the latest blog posts from Microsoft with updated 2025 instructions on preparing your tenant for this change and ensuring uninterrupted service for you and your users.
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📖 Read
Action required: MSOnline and AzureAD PowerShell retirement - 2025 info and resources • Kristopher Bash
Take action by February 1: Azure AD Graph is retiring • Ric Lewis
📆 Upcoming Events
A lap around Entra External ID - Microsoft Reactor Sydney - Feb 26 · 6:00 PM AEDT • Rory Braybrook
From the community…
🚀 Most popular posts from last week
Protecting your Break Glass accounts in Entra now that MFA gets enforced on more and more Admin portals • Kenneth van Surksum
9 ways to improve your M365 MFA deployment in 2025 • Daniel Bradley
Runbook to check Entra Apps with expiring ClientSecrets and Certificates • Andres Bohren
☀️ Learn
👮♂️ ID Governance
Monitoring access package delivery status in Entra ID Governance • Christian Frohn
📦 Apps
The curious case of the missing Enterprise App • Nathan Hutchinson
Accessing resources cross tenant using managed service identities • Marius Solbakken
🔑 Authentication
Deep Diving Microsoft Graph SDK Authentication Methods • Ben Whitemore
A look into authentication: Single Sign-On • Twan van Beers
👥 User & Group Management
Microsoft 365 User Profile Card Gets Name Pronunciation • Tony Redmond
🤖 DevOps & PowerShell
Final Days for the MSOnline and AzureAD PowerShell Modules • Tony Redmond
Export Conditional Access Named Locations with PowerShell • Ali Tajran
List all directory objects owned by a user in Entra with PowerShell • Daniel Bradley
🚦 Conditional Access
Unveiling an unexpected behavior in ConditionalAccess: Unable to enforce controls for some Apps • Drago Petrovic
Unlocking Secure AI: How Conditional Access Protects Microsoft Copilot Services • Sreejith Reghunathan Pillai
Conditional Access policies can mess with your head • Tony Redmond
🔐 Credential Management
Identity Nugget – Bringing On-Prem AD Password Expiry and Force Reset to Entra ID Synced Accounts • Shehan Perera
🖥️ Devices
Compliant Device Bypass - All you need to know! • Fabian Bader, Christopher Brumm, Thomas Naunheim
🥷 Security
Intune Attack Paths — Part 1 • Andy Robbins
Microsoft Expanded Cloud Logs Implementation Playbook • CISA
Spying on your ISVs credential choices • Eric Woodruff
⚒️ Toolkit
Dayzure/entra-gsa-labs - Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access Labs for infrastructure • Anton Staykov
GraphSpy 1.4 - Initial Access and Post-Exploitation Tool for AAD and O365 with a browser-based GUI • Keanu Nys
Access Package Builder • Nico Wyss
📺 Watch
Azure Master Class v3 - Part 2 - Identity (149 min) • John Savill
Ultimate Entra Internet Access Guide; Protect Your Business NOW! (24 min) • Jonathan Edwards
TokenSmith Meets Evilginx: Token Theft Combined with Entra Conditional Access Bypass (22 min) • SYNACK Time
Mastering Entra Private Access: Global Secure Access Enterprise Applications (15 min) • Travis Roberts
How to Migrate a PC from Hybrid Join to Entra Join (13 min) • Steve Weiner
Integrating with Graph and SharePoint API Using Application Permissions in Logic Apps (15 min) • Tomasz Poszytek
Entra ID - Exploring Administrative Units (9 min) • Julian Rasmussen MVP
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