Entra 🆔 News #93 → This week in Microsoft Entra
💡 Learn about new managed identity support 🔑 in Azure Red Hat Open Shift 🏗️, ID Protection alerts 🛡️🚨, Entra Cloud Sync ☁️🔄 and more! ✨
👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.
Ever wondered what's really next for hybrid identity syncing between Active Directory and Entra ID? We got the answers! Dhanyah, straight from the Microsoft Entra product team, joined us on Entra.Chat to spill the details on Connect Sync and Cloud Sync's future. Get the insider perspective now! 👇
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⚠️ PS: There have been many reports of admins receiving Entra ID Protection related alerts over the last twenty-four hours. If your tenant has received these alerts, you can follow the guide at Remediate risks and unblock users. If you have more questions, it’s best to reach out directly to Microsoft for clarification.
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🔥 Public Preview
Managed Identity for Azure Red Hat OpenShift • Microsoft Learn
📺 Watch
Configure custom extension on an Access Package in Microsoft Entra ID Governance • Rodrigo Castillo
425 Show | Successful Deployment of Global Secure Access • Janice Ricketts
🗣️ Message Center
18 Apr - MC688930 - Teams admin center: App centric management and changes to app permission policies
From the community…
🚀 Most popular posts from last week
🥇Entra Private Access and the future of the Entra App Proxy • Chris Brumm
🥈Enhancing Security with Microsoft Entra Protected Actions and Conditional Access • Oliver Müller
🥉MFA Beyond Push Notifications • Brian Baldock
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⛑️ ID Protection
Widespread Microsoft Entra lockouts tied to new security feature rollout • Bleeping Computer
New Entra "Leaked Credentials" - no breach on HIBP etc • reddit/r/sysadmin
Entra User at High Risk – leaked credentials • Christian Decker
📦 Apps
OAuth Apps Governance • Shehan Perera
Enable Local MCP Servers To Access Entra ID Accounts • Den Delimarsky
Entra ID to Disable Service Principal-Less Authentication • Tony Redmond
🔑 Authentication
Step-by-Step Guide : How to enable QR code authentication for Microsoft Entra ID (Preview)? • Dishan Francis
All the different ways to authenticate to Azure SQL, Synapse, and Fabric • Sam Debruyn
Practicalities of Using Passkeys with Entra ID: What You Need to Know • Emin Huseynov
🤖 DevOps & PowerShell
Microsoft Attempts to Fix Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK Problem with Azure Automation • Tony Redmond
🚦 Conditional Access
Deploy Conditional Access Policies with GitHub Actions • Marcel Nguyen
🖥️ Devices
🏙️ External ID - Guests & Multi-Tenant Organizations
How to Report the Sponsors of Entra ID Guest Accounts • Tony Redmond
🥷 Security
Save the Meatloaf! Why Protected Actions Matter in Entra • Dustin Gullett
Protect your Microsoft 365 data from AI! • Brian Veldman
Microsoft Entra ID Security Features and Best Practices • Harri Jaakkonen
🛍️ External ID - Customers
Using the Graph Explorer for user CRUD in Azure AD B2C and Entra External ID • Rory Braybrook
Entra External ID - Authentication Methods customization • Mateusz Jendza
📺 Watch
Lessons Learned from a Decade of Attacks Against Microsoft Identity Systems (39 min) • Sean Metcalf
Exploiting Token-Based Authentication Attacking—and Defending—Identities (45 min) • Nestori Syynimaa
Entra ID Recovery: Two Truths and a Lie (45 min) • Paul Robichaux
Creating a Microsoft Entra Domain Services Managed Domain • Guide To Learn
Identity Theft Is Not a Joke, Azure! (46 min) • Karl Fosaaen
🔥 Maester
Using Pester to regression test Maester tests • Merill Fernando
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