Entra.News #25: Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra

A look back at the most popular entra.news articles for 2023...

👋 Hi, this is Merill with the twenty-fifth edition of Entra.News.

This is a special year-end edition dedicated to all you amazing subscribers and awesome community contributors.

In this week’s edition we’ll start by learning a little bit about Entra.News subscribers and then take a look back at the most popular Entra.News posts for 2023.

2024 is going to be an exciting year for Microsoft Entra and I can’t wait to bring you all the latest news.

Happy New Year!!! 🕛 🍾 🎉 💃 🕺 🥳 🎊 🎈

A new year. A fresh, clean start! It's like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on! A day full of possibilities! ~ Bill Watterson

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Some news about Entra.News 😉

6241 🚀

6,241 is the total number of subscribers as at 31st Dec 2023.

Where in the 🌏 are you from?

Top ten countries with the most subscribers

• 🇺🇸 United States

• 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

• 🇦🇺 Australia

• 🇩🇪 Germany

• 🇳🇱 Netherlands

• 🇮🇳 India

• 🇨🇦 Canada

• 🇫🇷 France

• 🇸🇪 Sweden

• 🇩🇰 Denmark

The only 🥇 from your country

If you see your country flag below, you are in really exclusive club. You are the only person from your country who gets Entra.News delivered to you weekly!

• 🇦🇲 Armenia

• 🇦🇴 Angola

• 🇧🇼 Botswana

• 🇨🇲 Cameroon

• 🇫🇯 Fiji

• 🇬🇬 Guernsey

• 🇬🇹 Guatemala

• 🇭🇳 Honduras

• 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands

• 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein

• 🇱🇹 Lithuania

• 🇲🇦 Morocco

• 🇲🇳 Mongolia

• 🇲🇶 Martinique

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• 🇳🇵 Nepal

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• 🇵🇸 State of Palestine

• 🇷🇺 Russia

• 🇸🇳 Senegal

• 🇹🇼 Taiwan

• 🇺🇬 Uganda

• 🇻🇪 Venezuela

👩🏻‍💼 Microsoft Partners with the most subscribers

• Avanade

• PwC

• SoftwareOne

• Bechtle

• Accenture

👨‍💻 Microsoft Partner ISVs with the most subscribers

• Okta

• Silverfort

• Checkpoint

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Most viewed newsletter post

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2023’s most frequently featured…

→ Community contributors

• 🥇 Daniel Bradley → ourcloudnetwork.com

• 🥈 Tony Redmond → office365itpros.com

• 🥉 AdminDroid Blog → blog.admindroid.com

• Rio Hindle → youtube.com/@RioCloudSync

• Suryendu Bhattacharyya → suryendub.github.io

• Charbel Nemnom → charbelnemnom.com

• Daniel Chronlund → danielchronlund.com

• Shehan Perera → emsroute.com

• Manish Periwal → Cloud Security

• Niklas Tinner → niklastinner.medium.com

• Thomas Naunheim → cloud-architekt.net

• Vasil Michev → michev.info

• Andres Bohren → blog.icewolf.ch

• Jan Bakker → janbakker.tech

• Peter Van der Woude → petervanderwoude.nl

→ Microsoft (non-PG) contributors

• John Savill

• Lukas Beran

• Sofia Marin

• Dishan Francis

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#1 Post of each week

• Entra.News #1 (18 Jul)

  • How to use the Conditional Access policy gap analyzer workbook • Shehan Perera

• Entra.News #2 (23 Jul)

  • Onboarding a passwordless Azure AD user • Peter Klapwijk

• Entra.News #3 (30 Jul)

  • Common Azure AD/Microsoft 365 (M365) Security Misconfigurations • Christina Morillo

• Entra.News #4 (6 Aug)

  • Require multifactor authentication for Microsoft admin portals (Preview) • Paul Winstanley

• Entra.News #5 (13 Aug)

  • Disable MFA for a Single User Using Conditional Access Policy in Azure AD • Office 365 Reports

• Entra.News #6 (20 Aug)

  • Replacement of MSOnline and Azure AD Powershell modules • Toni Pohl

• Entra.News #7 (27 Aug)

  • Using Authentication Strengths to require Passwordless methods in your environment! – Identity Man • Pim Jacobs

• Entra.News #8 (3 Sep)

  • Microsoft Entra ID to Deliver MFA Text Message via WhatsApp • Office 365 Reports

• Entra.News #9 (10 Sep)

  • Mastering Microsoft Entra ID – A Comprehensive Guide • Charbel Nemnom

• Entra.News #10 (17 Sep)

  • Start hiding the password option from the login screen in Windows 11! • Pim Jacobs

• Entra.News #11 (24 Sep)

  • Enable the passwordless experience in Windows 11 to enhance identity security • Andreas Stenhall

• Entra.News #12 (1 Oct)

  • “Unlocking” the Future: The Power of Passkeys in Online Security • Daniel Chronlund

• Entra.News #13 (9 Oct)

  • Move Users to Microsoft Authenticator App for MFA • Sudha

• Entra.News #14 (15 Oct)

  • Leaked Credential Detection Report in Microsoft Entra ID • Sudha

• Entra.News #15 (23 Oct)

  • Prepare for passkeys in Entra ID! • Jan Bakker

• Entra.News #16 (29 Oct)

  • Entra ID – Comming: Auto-rollout of basic Conditional Access policies to protect your tenant – is missing in so many tenants so finally! • Michael Morten Sonne

• Entra.News #17 (5 Nov)

  • Protect Microsoft 365 Break Glass Accounts with Azure Automation • Daniel Bradley

• Entra.News #18 (12 Nov)

  • Microsoft Entra Private Access: secure access to internal resources and cloud services without VPN • Oliver MÜller

• Entra.News #19 (19 Nov)

  • Entra ID – Emergency Access Accounts • Mike Duddington

• Entra.News #20 (26 Nov)

  • Privileged Identity Management (PIM) – Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series • Ru Campbell

• Entra.News #21 (3 Dec)

  • FIDO2 vs Evilginx - David Weir

• Entra.News #22 (10 Dec)

  • Difference between Entra ID Enterprise Apps and App Registrations • Lukas Beran

• Entra.News #23 (17 Dec)

  • Ushering in a Passwordless Era: Why Microsoft Passkeys are the Future of Secure Logins • Joe Stocker

• Entra.News #24 (24 Dec)

  • Making Global Administrators safer • Dennis Johansson

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🏆 Most Popular Posts for 2023

🥇 Ru Campbell

• Privileged Identity Management (PIM) – Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series • Ru Campbell

🥈 Dennis Johansson

• Making Global Administrators safer • Dennis Johansson

🥉 Andreas Stenhall & Lukas Beran (Tie)

• Enable the passwordless experience in Windows 11 to enhance identity security • Andreas Stenhall

• Difference between Entra ID Enterprise Apps and App Registrations • Lukas Beran

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A quick note, the articles were chosen based on the number of times they were clicked on by newsletter subscribers.

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