Entra.News #33: This week in Microsoft Entra
Entra.News #33: This week in Microsoft Entra
Learn about the new license utilization report, new workbook for risk-based conditional access policies, passkey news and more!
👋 Hi, Merill, here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.
Highlights for this week include a new public preview that helps you keep track of Entra license utilization, a new workbook to help you plan and deploy risk-based conditional access policies, plus a new version of Microsoft Entra Connect.
Enjoy!
⚡️ Microsoft
🏆 Generally Available
Workbook: Impact analysis of risk-based access policies • Microsoft Learn
Microsoft Entra Connect: Version release history
Microsoft Entra Connect - Version 2.3.6.0 (21 Feb)
🔥 Public Preview
Introducing Microsoft Entra License Utilization Insights • Shobhit Sahay
📖 Read
Keeping track of object deletions in Microsoft Entra ID • Alexander Zagranichnov
🗣️ Message Center
This link will open in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.
From the community…
☀️ Learn
💠 External ID
Removing the sign-up option in Entra External ID for Customers (CIAM) • Rory Braybrook
Getting a V2.0 JWT from an Azure AD B2C client credentials flow • Rory Braybrook
⛑️ ID Protection
Entra ID – New workbook to help having a better understanding with your Risk-Based Access policies • Benoit Hamet
🌐 Global Secure Access (SSE)
Entra ID – Global Secure Access Client – Installation of the Agent on Windo • Michael Morten Sonne
🤖 Automation & DevOps
Microsoft 365 security recommendations with PowerShell script • Ali Tajran
Getting started with Logic Apps: Part 3 - Secure MS Graph queries with a Key Vault • Damien Van Robaeys
Export Conditional Access Policies to Excel using PowerShell • Office 365 Reports
🚦 Conditional Access
Protect the Device Code Authorisation Flow With Conditional Access • Daniel Bradley
🔐 Credential Management
🖥️ Devices
📈 Reporting and Insights
Obtaining Entra license utilization insights data via the Graph API • Vasil Michev
Report Microsoft Entra License Utilisation with PowerShell • Daniel Bradley
New Microsoft Entra License Utilization Portal Now in Public Preview • Admin Droid
Entra ID – You can now get Entra License utilization insights (preview) • Benoit Hamet
🥷 Security
How to secure Microsoft Entra ID tenant • Lukas Beran
♻️ Sync
Entra Connect Sync v2.3.6.0 improves Automatic Upgrade eligibility detection • Sander Berkouwer
🎙️ Podcasts
Microsoft Graph scopes giving attackers high hopes - Cloudfirst Podcast • Marius Sandbu, Marius Solbakken
📺 Watch
Surprising ways to escalate privileged in Entra ID (48 min) • Marius Solbakken
Microsoft Entra External ID for customers (8 min) • Anjuli Jhakry
Register an API in the Microsoft Entra ID admin center (8 min) • Anjuli Jhakry
Microsoft Entra Verified ID: A Comprehensive Guide! (17 min) • Peter Rising
Microsoft Entra: Verified ID Credential setup with Microsoft Authenticator App! #microsoft365 (1 min) • Peter Rising
Microsoft Entra ID Premium licencing Insights (Public Preview) (3 min) • Rio Hindle
Identity Governance with Microsoft Entra ID Governance (77 min) • Daniel Krzyczkowski
👨🏽💻 Merill’s corner
→ Cloud Architects Podcast with Nicolas Blank, Warren du Toit & Chris Goosen
I was a guest on this very fun Cloud Architects Podcast where we spoke about all things Entra plus some very interesting topics. Thanks a lot for having me on Nicolas, Warren and Chris!
→ Prepare for passkeys!
🗣️ Many of you have been asking about passkeys 🔑 in Microsoft Entra ID. Message center was just updated with rollout info. Check it out ⬇️
Phishing resistant authentication coming very soon ❤️ 💙 🩵 💜
Are you excited?
FYI The most popular links from last week’s newsletter were
The Most Dangerous Entra Role You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of • Andy Robbins
Viewing changes to Conditional Access policies just became easier! • Jan Bakker
Cloud Kerberos Trust: The Windows Hello for Business Easy Button • Jon Towles
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