Entra 🆔 News #96 → This week in Microsoft Entra
Learn about changes to Authenticator app password autofill, Global Secure Access deployment logs, and more!
👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.
Some of the highlights to look out for this week include a new doc from Microsoft on protecting Entra tokens, deprecation of the password auto-fill feature in Microsoft Authenticator (for consumer accounts), and more.
And for our developer community and Entra admins, don't miss the latest Entra Chat podcast. Simon Gottschlag joins us to share some of his pioneering approaches to enhance the authentication journey for developers. We dive into building apps on Azure while still implementing them with least privilege and four eyes approval using PIM.
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⚡️ Microsoft
🏆 General Availability
Announcing the General Availability of Managed Identities as Federated Identity Credentials in your Entra apps • Hosam Shahin
🔥 Public Preview
How to use the Global Secure Access deployment logs (preview) • Microsoft Learn
Create a custom authentication extension for attribute collection start and submit events (preview) - External ID tenants • Microsoft Learn
📖 Read
Protecting tokens in Microsoft Entra • Microsoft Learn
Enhance identity security and resilience to minimize operational disruptions • Juliana Cafik
May 2025: A look at the latest Microsoft Entra key feature releases, announcements, and updates • James Casey
Changes to Microsoft Authenticator autofill (deprecation) • Microsoft Support
From the community…
🚀 Most popular posts from last week
🥇Dear Entra PIM, you can do better • Jasper Baes
🥈Set Up Email Notifications for Application Credentials Expiry in Microsoft Entra • Karthi
🥉AiTM for WHFB persistence • Rik van Duijn
☀️ Learn
👩✈️ AI & Copilot
Azure & Microsoft Graph MCP • Brian Veldman
🧰 Workload ID
👮♂️ ID Governance
Use Custom Extensions for Access Package approval in Entra • Daniel Bradley
Finding Resources in Microsoft Entra ID Governance Access Packages using PowerShell • Christian Frohn
🌐 Private Access & Internet Access (GSA)
Introduction to Microsoft Global Secure Access (GSA) • Niklas Tinner
Securing Microsoft 365 Apps with Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access • Oliver Müller
📦 Apps
🔑 Authentication
The state of the (Passkey) union, May 2025 • Per-Torben Sørensen
How Chrome Handles FIDO2 Keys: Native Windows API vs Chrome-Managed WebAuthn • Dr. Emin Huseynov
Ensure Multifactor Authentication is Enabled for All Microsoft 365 Users • Lokesh
🚦 Conditional Access
How to restrict Device Code Flow in Entra ID • Jan Bakker
Deploying Microsoft Conditional Access Policies using the 365 Admin Console • James Agombar
🔐 Credential Management
Microsoft Authenticator Autofill Support Ending August 2025 — What You Need to Know • Rudy Mens
Register Yubikeys on behalf of your users with YubiEnroll • Jan Bakker
Microsoft ends Authenticator password autofill, moves users to Edge • Bill Toulas
🖥️ Devices
Intune Primary User Mix Up • Dustin Gullett
Create and populate a device group based on user attributes like user department or location • Damien Van Robaeys
🏙️ External ID - Guests & Multi-Tenant Organizations
Taming Guest User Chaos in Entra ID • Sandra Saluti
📈 Reporting and Insights
How Do Microsoft Entra Recommendations Work? • Michele Blum
🥷 Security
Exploring dsreg Part 1 • Sapir Federovsky
Legacy Login in Microsoft Entra ID Exploited to Breach Cloud Accounts • Deeba Ahmed
Data Strategy Breakdown Series - Basic Security Hygiene (2) • Ewelina Paczkowska
Obtaining Microsoft Entra Refresh Tokens via Beacon • Ben S.
CIS Microsoft 365 Foundations - v5 Release • CIS Benchmark
🛍️ External ID - Customers
From B2C to EEID: What You Need to Know? • Harri Jaakkonen
Integrating the Entra External ID hybrid approach via custom policies with the Azure AD B2C MFA startup pack • Rory Braybrook
⚒️ Toolkit
jkroepke/openvpn-auth-oauth2 with Entra ID support • Jan-Otto Kröpke
labyrinthinesecurity/silhouette v2 - An Azure SPN access minimizer • Christophe Parisel
Workbooks/Conditional Access Summaries, Insights, Security & Monitoring (CA-SISM) at main · Cyberlorians/Workbooks • Cyberlorians
📺 Watch
Entra ID - Conditional Access Optimization Agent • Julian Rasmussen
Abusing AUs, Confusing the SOC: Entra ID's Administrative Unit Attack Paths | SO-CON 2025 • Katie Knowles
Entra ID RBAC Complete Step by Step • Andy Malone
Entra ID Azure Access Administration NOBODY Tells You About! • Dean Cefola
Registering my phone for MFA with Authenticator • Sarah Young
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