Entra.News #44: This week in Microsoft Entra
Entra.News #44: This week in Microsoft Entra
Learn about Platform SSO for macOS, ID Protection capabilities in GA and more!
👋 Hi, Merill here with this week’s round up of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍. The big news of the week is Platform SSO for macOS followed by a number of ID Protection features becoming generally available.
Enjoy!
⚡️ Microsoft
Security above all else—expanding Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative • Charlie Bell
How implementing a trust fabric strengthens identity and network • Joy Chik
🏆 General Availability
New developments in Microsoft Entra ID Protection • Alex Weinert
Microsoft managed policies and impact analysis workbook
New Entra ID Protection dashboard
On-premises password reset remediates user risk of compromise
Improved Threat Prevention and Remediation Capabilities
Suspicious API traffic detection
Detecting token theft in real-time and post-breach
Admin feedback on detections trains Microsoft’s ML
🔥 Public Preview
Platform SSO for macOS now in public preview • Brian Melton-Grace
Tenant health transparency and observability • Igor Sakhnov
Custom Security Attributes for Scoping Workflows Public Preview • Microsoft Learn
Enable custom URL domains for Microsoft Entra External ID • Microsoft Learn
📺 Watch
How to Deploy Risk-Based Policies with Microsoft Entra ID (6 min) • Etan Basseri, Megan Walsh
Microsoft Entra Trust via Transparency (6 min) • Shobhit Sahay
Introducing Platform Single Sign on for macOS with Microsoft Intune (2 min) • Windows IT Pro
From the community…
☀️ Learn
🧰 Workload ID
Azure Pipelines – Workload identity federation • Michele Blum
👮♂️ ID Governance
A better way to report administrator role elevations in Privileged Identity Management • Loryan Strant
🌐 Global Secure Access (SSE)
Microsoft Entra Internet Access - Hands on guide • Flavio Meyer
ZeroTrust Network Access with Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access • Torbjorn Granheden
📦 Apps
Steamlining management of AppleIDs with EntraID! • Andreas Evensen
Secure Azure Management Group Creation – Best Practices For Enhanced Security • Charbel Nemnom
🔑 Authentication
For starters, what is Passkeys? • Jonas Bøgvad
Microsoft Launches Support for Entra ID External Authentication Methods • Tony Redmond
Migrating From Entra ID Custom Controls to External Authentication Methods • Brian Reid
Migrating from Active Directory Federation Services to Microsoft Entra ID • Frank Urena
👥 Group Management
Mastering Restricted Admin Units in Microsoft Entra ID • Kaido Järvemets
How to Migrate Distribution Groups to Microsoft 365 • Ali Tajran
🤖 DevOps & PowerShell
Tracking Microsoft Secure Score changes • Dániel Kovács
Automatically inform your users on outdated Windows devices • Peter Klapwijk
More Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK Problems • Tony Redmond
🚦 Conditional Access
Export Conditional Access Named Locations Using PowerShell • Brian Reid
Conditional Access - Summaries, Insight, Security & Monitoring (CA-SISM) • Michael Crane
🖥️ Devices
Say "Bye Felicia" to Passwords: Secure Enclave Takes Mac SSO to the Next Level • Somesh Pathak
Platform SSO for macOS: A Deep Dive into Configuration & Troubleshooting • Somesh Pathak
How to configure Platform SSO for macOS via Intune | Cybersecurity World • Lukas Beran
Configuring Google Chrome for Platform SSO on macOS • Nick Benton
Deleting a Rogue Passkey Device - On Windows • Brian Reid
📈 Reporting and Insights
🥷 Security
Lateral movement and on-prem NT hash dumping with Microsoft Entra Temporary Access Passes • Dirk-jan Mollema
Update Entra ID User Role Permissions to Secure Your Tenant • Tony Redmond
📒 Tenant Configuration
Entra ID – Exploring the new feature: What’s New – Blog - Sonne´s Cloud • Michael Morten Sonne
🎙️ Podcasts
Crusty Critical Apps - The Cloud Architects • Camila Martins, Nicolas Blank, Chris Goosen
Identity Governance with Jef Kazimer - RunAs Radio • Richard Campbell, Jef Kazimer
📺 Watch
PASSKEYS - What they are, why we want them and how to use them! (71 min) • John Savill
BOOST Your Microsoft 365 Security with LAPS in Intune (9 min) • Jonathan Edwards
Perform Bulk Microsoft Entra ID Operations in the Portal (11 min) • Cloud Learning
👨🏽💻 Merill’s corner
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