Entra.News #51: This week in Microsoft Entra
Learn about the new Entra PowerShell module, heaps of updates to Certificate Based Authentication, Graph API support for per-user-MFA 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 the public preview release of the new Microsoft Entra PowerShell module. If you are still using Azure AD PowerShell and MSOnline, this is a good time to start switching over to Entra PowerShell.
Also my team is hiring in the US, more details → here.
Enjoy!
🏆 General Availability
Move to cloud authentication with the AD FS migration tool! • Melanie Maynes
Entra External ID user insights: Analyze customer identity data • James Casey
Microsoft Graph PowerShell and CLI are now verified • Carol Mbasinge Kigoonya
Microsoft Entra certificate-based authentication improvements including CBA Affinity Binding, CBA Authentication policy rules and username bindings • Microsoft Learn
🔥 Public Preview
Introducing the Microsoft Entra PowerShell module • Steve Mutungi
Public Preview - MS Graph API support for per-user multifactor authentication • Microsoft Learn
Microsoft Entra certificate-based authentication adds support for issuer hints • Microsoft Learn
📖 Read
Update on MFA requirements for Azure sign-in • Naj Shahid
Evolve your CIAM strategy with External ID • Ankur Patel
📺 Watch
Configure Microsoft Entra Conditional Access Authentication Strength Policies - Part II (17 min) • Inbar Cizer Kobrinsky, Grace Picking
Phishing Resistant Multi Factor Authentication Methods Available in Microsoft Entra ID (5 min) • Keith Brewer
From the community…
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☀️ Learn
👮♂️ ID Governance
Secure your users when they go on vacation • Per-Torben Sørensen
Assign Teams Phone number to users with Lifecycle Workflows in Entra ID Governance • Christian Frohn
Leave the Privileged Cloud Identities in the cloud with PIM and RBAC enabled and not synced! • Shehan Perera
How-to: Simplify Access with Microsoft Entra ID Packages • Flavio Meyer
🌐 Private Access & Internet Access (SSE)
📦 Apps
How to find specific permissions assigned to applications in Entra • Daniel Bradley
🔑 Authentication
👥 Group Management
Microsoft Entra ID's New Feature: Bridging Cloud and On-Prem Security Groups • Giorgi Chanturia
🤖 DevOps & PowerShell
How to use the Microsoft Entra PowerShell Module • Rudy Mens
Connect to the Microsoft Entra PowerShell Module • Office 365 Reports
How to properly filter for specific enabled services via the Graph API/SDK • Vasil Michev
How to assess the impact of MFA enforcement in Azure • Daniel Bradley
Microsoft Graph Command Line Tools to become verified in Entra • Daniel Bradley
How to Identify MFA Deployment Source in Microsoft 365 Using PowerShell • Office 365 Reports
Maester 101 – a Microsoft security test automation framework • Tommi Hovi
🚦 Conditional Access
Conditional Access Framework (2024.6.1) • Joey Verlinden
🖥️ Devices
📈 Reporting and Insights
🥷 Security
Phishing for Primary Refresh Tokens in Microsoft Entra • Dirk-jan Mollema
T1556.009 - Detect and prevent suspicious conditional access policy modifications • Robbe Van den Daele
♻️ Sync
How to Restore deleted Microsoft 365 Hybrid user • Ali Tajran
⚒️ Toolkit
EntraOps (Privileged EAM) - Management and Monitoring of Enterprise Access Model • Thomas Naunheim
📺 Watch
Deploy Entra Domain Service and Join a Server to the Domain (23 min) • Travis Roberts
Protecting Against Credential and Token Theft (53 min) • John Savill
Conditional Access Part 1: What is it and how to get started (16 min) • Steve Weiner
Conditional Access Part 2: Managed VS unmanaged devices (9 min) • Steve Weiner
External Identities Hub Architecture 02 - Token Enrichment API (15 min) • Daniel Krzyczkowski
Securing the Digital Frontier (56 min) • Michele Blum
Phishing for Primary Refresh Tokens in Microsoft Entra • Dirk-jan Mollema
👨🏽💻 Merill’s corner
🪃 Acknowledgement of Country
Entra.News is created on Wurundjeri land and acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia, recognising their continuing connection to land, water and community. I pay my respect to them and their cultures and to elders both past and present.




