Entra.News #31: This week in Microsoft Entra
Learn about Verified ID Face Check, a brand new ID Governance training hub, partner award nominations and more!
👋 Hi, Merill here with this week’s round up of the latest Microsoft Entra news from around the world 🌍.
There’s a wealth of info here folks including a neat tip for M365 developer tenants, another one to create a dynamic group with all users (including guests) and more.
Enjoy!
⚡️ Microsoft
🏆 Generally Available
🔥 Public Preview
📖 Read
Guidance on user name properties (First, last and display names) in Microsoft Entra ID • Microsoft Learn
Feb 2024: A look at the latest Microsoft Entra key feature releases, announcements, and updates • Adam Matthews
Announcing 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards nominations • Julie Sanford
📺 Watch
Face Check with Microsoft Entra Verified ID: A better way to verify (2 min) • Microsoft Security
From the community…
☀️ Learn
🚔 Permissions Management
Defender for Cloud – Permissions Management – New Features added to Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) • Michael Morten Sonne
💳 Verified ID
👮♂️ ID Governance
🚀 PIM for Groups: Automate Assignments with the GraphAPI! • Maarten Rosier
Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management (PIM) and FIDO2: Increasing the security of privileged roles • Oliver Müller
⛑️ ID Protection
📦 Apps
Export-MsIdAppConsentGrantReport Reports OAuth Permissions • Tony Redmond
Can you verify whether third-party applications adhere to the Identity platform best practices? • Vasil Michev
Secure an ASP.NET Core Blazor Web app using Microsoft Entra ID • Damien Bowden
How to Use Directory Extension Attributes in Entra ID for Custom Claims, SCIM Provisioning and Dynamic Groups • Suryendu Bhattacharyya
Testing Entra ID Claims and Single Sign-On Enterprise Apps • Brian Reid
Create Custom security attributes in Microsoft Entra ID • NTW
🔑 Authentication
Brief: Going Passwordless - the New Trend in Online Security • Rod Trent
Microsoft Authenticator: Failed to register for receiving push notifications • Peter Klapwijk
NetScaler - How to get rid of SSO / missing PRT Issues using Entra ID Phone Sign-in • Julian Jakob
👥 Group Management
Support tip: Improving the efficiency of dynamic group processing with Microsoft Entra ID and Intune • Intune Support Team
Best Practices For Creating Entra ID Dynamic Groups For Intune HTMD Blog • Gopika S Nair
Entra ID Group automation with PowerShell • Janne Mattila
🤖 Automation & DevOps
Get a never-expiring M365 Developer Program tenant with a Visual Studio Subscription • Yannick Reekmans
PowerBI Admin API Access from Service Principal • Sukhija Vikas
Use Microsoft365DSC to Export Microsoft 365 Settings • Sudha
Register New Applications With Microsoft Graph PowerShell • Daniel Bradley
🚦 Conditional Access
💠 External ID
Confusion around B2B with Entra External ID for customers (CIAM) • Rory Braybrook
Comparing Azure AD B2C and EntraExternal ID for Customers (CIAM) • Rory Braybrook
External Sharing Domain Sync • Alexander Holmeset
Allow Specific Users to Invite Guests – Microsoft Entra • NTW
📈 Reporting and Insights
Reporting User License Costs for a Microsoft 365 Tenant • Tony Redmond
Build a Managed Identity Permissions Report with PowerShell • Tony Redmond
🥷 Security
A Sneak Peek Into the Lateral Movement from On-Premises to M365 • Asif Khan, Chanel Carr
Strengthen Microsoft Entra ID Security • Daniel Krzyczkowski
♻️ Sync
⚒️ Toolkit
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