Entra 🆔 News #95 → This week in Microsoft Entra
Learn about GA of managed identity as app credential 🔑✅, a huge upcoming security update to Entra Connect Sync 🛡️⬆️, and some neat public previews including the CA what-if API 🧪
👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.
We have some cool new public previews this week, including the refreshed Conditional Access What If API.
Plus, don’t miss this week’s Entra Chat podcast episode where Anju Singh joined us for a deep dive in to QR code sign-in, the newest Microsoft Entra authentication method.
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Use managed identities as credentials in Microsoft Entra apps • Microsoft Learn
🔥 Public Preview
Microsoft Entra Conditional Access optimization agent • Microsoft Learn
Conditional Access What If evaluation API • Microsoft Learn
Manage refresh tokens for mover and leaver scenarios with Lifecycle Workflows • Microsoft Learn
🏁 Plan for change
📖 Read
Pushing passkeys forward: Microsoft’s latest updates for simpler, safer sign-ins • Joy Chik, Vasu Jakkal
📺 Watch
Get started with Microsoft Entra custom authentication extension • Siobhan Power, Yoel Horvitz
Configure Microsoft Entra custom claims provider • Siobhan Power, Yoel Horvitz
425 Show | Key Deployment Considerations for Microsoft Entra External ID • Razi Rais
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From the community…
🚀 Most popular posts from last week
🥇Customising Microsoft Entra's Sign-In Page 🖌️ • Chris Greenacre
🥈A Way to Manage On-Prem AD Group Memberships Using Entra ID Governance • Christian Frohn
🥉Securing your new Azure Tenant • James Agombar
☀️ Learn
👩✈️ AI & Copilot
💳 Verified ID
Getting Started with Microsoft Entra Verified ID for Secure Identity Management • Sreejith Reghunathan Pillai
🧰 Workload ID
Why you should look at Entra Workload ID • Per-Torben Sørensen
Demystifying Non-human identity risks & challenges in Public Cloud • Kévin KISOKA
⛑️ ID Protection
👮♂️ ID Governance
Dear Entra PIM, you can do better • Jasper Baes
📦 Apps
How to block the creation of Client Secrets on Entra applications • Daniel Bradley
Controlling Access to Microsoft 365 Entra ID Apps Part #2 • Andy Schneider
Set Up Email Notifications for Application Credentials Expiry in Microsoft Entra • Karthi
🔑 Authentication
Beyond Passwords: Strengthening Security with Zero Trust and Phishing-Resistant Authentication • Toby G
Microsoft Entra External Authentication Method (EAM) Explained: Integrate Cisco Duo for Secure and Flexible MFA • Sreejith Reghunathan Pillai
A New Day, A New Method: QR Code in Entra ID • Elli Shlomo
🤖 DevOps & PowerShell
Find Least Privileged Roles for Delegated Graph API Permissions • Daniel Bradley
Powershell with Entra CBA – unattended access to Defender portal when Graph API or Application permission does not fit • Dániel Kovács
How to Force Remove Contact in Microsoft 365 with PowerShell • Ali Tajran
🚦 Conditional Access
Graph-based What If Conditional Access tool • Vasil Michev
Monitoring Conditional-Access Blocks in Microsoft Entra ID with Azure Logic Apps • Skip Hofmann
How to Allow Access to Microsoft 365 Only from Selected Countries • Ali Tajran
🏙️ External ID - Guests & Multi-Tenant Organizations
Go With the Flow: Mastering Microsoft Entra User Flows—Self-Service Sign-Up in a Workforce tenant • Sebastian Flæng Markdanner
🥷 Security
AiTM for WHFB persistence • Rik van Duijn
Detecting non-privileged Windows Hello abuse • Robbe Van den Daele
♻️ Sync
How to Compare Microsoft Entra Connect Configuration • Ali Tajran
🛍️ External ID - Customers
Entra External ID and SAML Authentication • Brian Reid
📺 Watch
Step-by-Step Guide to Building Conditional Access Baselines • Ru Campbell
Microsoft 365 Business Premium Security Setup Made EASY! • Peter Rising
Microsoft Entra Suite: The Key to Modern IT Solutions • Jonathan Edwards
From User to Entra ID Admin | Sean Metcalf • Wild West Hackin' Fest
Learn How to Deploy Microsoft Entra Domain Services | Step-by-Step Tutorial & Best Practices • LessonZilla
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