Entra 🆔 News #82 → This week in Microsoft Entra

🎉✨ Learn about Entra PowerShell going GA 🚀, the addition of 'Azure elevate access' events to Entra audit logs 📊, the new People administrator role 👥, MFA registration UI change and more! 🌟

👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.

The big news this week is the general availability of the Microsoft Entra PowerShell module. This has been a few years in the making and if you are still using the deprecated Azure AD PowerShell and Microsoft Online PowerShell modules, now is a good time to migrate.

Enjoy!

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⚡️ Microsoft

🏆 General Availability

• Microsoft Entra PowerShell module now generally available • Steve Mutungi

🔥 Public Preview

• Elevate Access events are now exportable via Entra Audit Logs | Now in Public Preview

📖 Read

• 3 priorities for adopting proactive identity and access security in 2025 • Joy Chik

• Secure access for your employees with Microsoft Entra Suite: New KuppingerCole Executive View report • Amélie Darchicourt

• Add authentication to your Azure App Service or Function app using Microsoft Entra External ID • Joylynn Kirui

🗣️ Message Center

• 30 Jan - MC992218 - Microsoft Entra: New People administrator role

• 28 Jan - MC989965 - Microsoft Entra: Updated "More information required" user interface during authentication method registration

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From the community…

🚀 Most popular posts from last week

• Conditional Access device filter – no, not that one, the good one! • Per-Torben Sørensen

• Entra ID Allows People to Update their User Principal Names • Tony Redmond

• Enhanced Security with Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management (PIM)Tips for Better Role Control • Mark Oldham

☀️ Learn

👮‍♂️ ID Governance

• Entra ID On-premises ECMA Provisioning with the Granfeldt PowerShell Management Agent • Darren Robinson

• Add Resources to an Access package with PowerShell • Christian Frohn

🌐 Private Access & Internet Access (GSA)

• Get started with Global Secure Access – Private Access • Kasper Johansen

• Comparing Web Filtering and Security: Microsoft Entra Internet Access (Global Secure Access) vs. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) • Kenneth van Surksum

📦 Apps

• Entra ID - Add permissions to Managed Identity • Jørund Dahl

• Automating Off-boarding with Logic App • Rachid Elmoussaoui

👥 User & Group Management

• Microsoft accidentally allows users to update their own username • Daniel Bradley

• New Vulnerability in Entra ID: Users were able to change their own Username • Julian Sperling

🤖 DevOps & PowerShell

• AzureAD and MSOnline Module Retirement – What you need to know • Rudy Mens

• Last Call: Migrate to Microsoft Graph API Before It’s Too Late! • Lokesh

• Managing TAP Access Codes with Microsoft PowerShell Graph Module • Vikas Sukhija

🚦 Conditional Access

• Conditional Access Framework (2025.2.1) • Joey Verlinden

• Blocking Unauthorized Access to Service Principals Using Entra ID Conditional Access • Sreejith Reghunathan Pillai

🖥️ Devices

• Unlocking the Mystery of ShadowAdminPairs: A Deep Dive into Administrator Protection • Rudy Ooms

🥷 Security

• Microsoft Azure – Elevate Access to Resources with Entra ID Audit Logs – Now Available! • Michael Morten Sonne

• Phishing for Refresh Tokens • Rik van Duijn

• Identifying Privileged Applications and Their Secret Passwords • Tony Redmond

• I’m so ACDC! – Alarmingly Concerned (about) Device Codes! • Per-Torben Sørensen

♻️ Sync

• Entra ID – New built-in audit feature in Entra Connect is finally here! • Michael Morten Sonne

• Entra Connect Configuration (part 1) - Key Components of Entra Connect Configuration • Martin Rublik

🛍️ External ID - Customers

• Connecting Entra External ID to Azure AD B2C as an external provider via OIDC • Rory Braybrook

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🎙️ Podcasts

• 🎙Out of Band: Microsoft Security Podcast. EP01: Boots on Ground • Shehan Perera

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📺 Watch

• Microsoft Entra External ID - Comprehensive Overview (70 min) • Tech Mind Factory

• SSPR Audit Logging - Entra ID (6 min) • Rio Hindle

• Entra ID - Restricted Admin Units (8 min) • Julian Rasmussen MVP

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🔥 Maester

• Building customs tests for Maester 🔥- Microsoft Security Test Automation Framework • Brian Veldman

• If Maester couldn’t get any better…Custom Test Collection now available • Clayton Tyger

• Extending HR Provisioning Tests with Maester: A Non-Invasive Approach • Martin Rublik

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👨🏽‍💻 Merill’s corner

To make the language more friendly and relevant for all users, Microsoft will update the user experience for "More information required" during authentication method registration (Microsoft Entra). Learn more at MC989965 - Microsoft Entra: Updated "More information required" user interface during authentication method registration

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