Entra π News #85 β This week in Microsoft Entra
π Learn about Microsoft-managed policies to block device code flow π and legacy auth, cool demos on Face Check π€³ and Verified ID β , podcasts ποΈ and more! π
π Hey everyone, Merill and Joshua back with your weekly Microsoft Entra update! This week's big news? Microsoft is tackling the growing threat of Device Code Flow attacks with new, automatically deployed policies. They're starting with a read-only block for tenants that haven't used this flow in 25 days. We've got all the details in the blog post below.
And, if you're looking to really level up your Microsoft Entra Suite knowledge, Microsoft's putting on a four-part webinar series β definitely worth checking out! π
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π Read
Seamless and Secure Access to Digital Healthcare Records with Microsoft Entra Suite β’ Randall Irwin
πΊ Watch
Remote Onboarding - Face Check with Microsoft Entra Verified ID (3 min) β’ Microsoft Security
Help Desk & Account Recovery - Face Check with Microsoft Entra Verified ID (2 min) β’ Microsoft Security
Secure Access to Resources - Face Check with Microsoft Entra Verified ID (2 min) β’ Microsoft Security
Quick Setup - Microsoft Entra Verified ID (2 min) β’ Microsoft Security
Setting up Microsoft Entra Verified ID, step by step (62 min) β’ Harris Podell, Yoel Horvitz, Luis Flores
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π Upcoming Events
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Whether youβre an identity or network administrator or a CISO, mark your calendar for a new four-part webinar series led by subject matter experts at Microsoft.
Event Ended -
Microsoft Entra Suite: Comprehensive Zero Trust user access at your fingertips [ Feb 20 @ 7:00 AM PT] β’Irina Nechaeva, Amelie DarchicourtOnboard employees easily with Microsoft Entra Suite [Feb 27 @ 7:00 AM PT] β’ Steve Conn, Amelie Darchicourt
Goodbye, legacy VPNs; hello, secure access to on-premises resources [Mar 6 @ 7:00 AM PT] β’ Janice Ricketts, Amelie Darchicourt
Secure access to internet resources with Microsoft Entra Suiteβ [Mar 13 @ 7:00 AM PT] β’ Pramiti Bhatnagar, Amelie Darchicourt
From the communityβ¦
π Most popular posts from last week
Passkey Implementations: How to Do It Right β’ Dr. Emin Huseynov
Protected: Conditional Access risk policies. Donβt get fooled! β’ Jan Bakker
Secure Remote Desktop Services with Microsoft Entra Application Proxy β’ Liam Robinson
βοΈ Learn
βοΈ ID Protection
Protecting on-premises from Microsoft 365 attacks β’ Matej KlemenΔiΔ
π Private Access & Internet Access (GSA)
Correlating Defender for Endpoint and Global Secure Access Logs β’ Robbe Van den Daele
Bulk creating Global Secure Access Enterprise applications using PowerShell β’ Christian Frohn
π¦ Apps
π Authentication
TAP (Temporary Access Pass), it's not a dance... and Web Sign-in β’ Joery Van den Bosch
π₯ User & Group Management
π€ DevOps & PowerShell
Build your own user onboarding automation β Day 1: Enable the account and create a Temporary Access Pass β’ Peter Klapwijk
Terraform: Get User Principal Name (UPN) of User Running Deployment without Entra ID Read Permissions β’ Chris Pietschmann
Extracting the Last Sign-In Date in Azure (Entra ID) with Microsoft Graph PowerShell β’ JoΓ£o Paulo Costa
Advanced Filtering in Microsoft Graph β’ Morten Mynster
π¦ Conditional Access
Configure Entra Conditional Access for Always On VPN β’ Richard M. Hicks
The Importance of Backing Up Your Conditional Access Policies β’ Julian Rasmussen
Control Authentication flows with Conditional Access β’ Anand P
π₯οΈ Devices
Deep Dive On Wireless Authentication on Cloud Native PCs β’ Jon Towles
The Complete macOS SSO Playbook: Advanced Configuration Strategies Explained β’ Somesh Pathak
Create a dynamic Entra ID group for Windows 11 devices β’ Damien Van Robaeys
π₯· Security
Unlocking Microsoft Entraβs Elevated Access Logs: Better Security, Better Insights β’ Sebastian FlΓ¦ng Markdanner
Your Microsoft Entra Tenant Isnβt as Secure as You Think β Fix It with Protected Actions! β’ Sebastian FlΓ¦ng Markdanner
Enhancing Security with Conditional Access for Workload Identities β’ Louis Mastelinck
How to find over licensed privileged accounts in Microsoft Entra β’ Daniel Bradley
Securing Privileged Accounts in Microsoft Entra ID β’ Seyfallah Tagrerout
π Tenant Configuration
Microsoft Entra ID Tenant Restrictions V2: Enhanced Security for External Access Control β’ Sreejith Reghunathan Pillai
βοΈ Toolkit
EntraAuthenticationMetrics Module: A PowerShell Module for Visualizing Authentication Methods in Entra Id β’ Gabriel Delaney
ποΈ Podcasts
Episode 109: Securing GenAI Applications with Entra (2 of 4) - Overpermissioning β’ Bailey Bercik, Michael Howard, Sarah Young, Gladys Rodriguez and Mark Simos
πΊ Watch
How to manage break-glass accounts in Microsoft Entra ID | Cybersecurity World (36 min) β’ Cybersecurity World
Microsoft Entra ID Avoid Disaster with a Break glass account (13 min) β’ Andy Malone
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