While Microsoft has started the process to deprecate Entra ID Connect Sync and recommend migrating to Entra Cloud Sync, Entra Connect Sync is still supported and being updated. Microsoft has published a new version of the Entra Connect Sync which, in addition of the usual bug fixes, provides these new or improved capabilities: Added support […]
Entra ID – New Entra ID Connect Sync version (2.6.84.0) is available Read More »
If you use or manage Teams, you probably already have faced the issue that external users may not be able to join a meeting. This situation is always a pain to troubleshoot as it may be due to settings or policies in your tenant or in the external user tenant. Well, good news as the
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This most is reminder as Microsoft has started the deprecation of Entra Connect Sync the on-premises directory synchronization tool between Active Directory and Entra. Don’t be worry, while there is no official and clear schedule and completion date you still have time to migrate from Entra Connect Sync to Entra Cloud Sync. Microsoft is going
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As AI is becoming more familiar to end-users, it is also becoming more frequent to have bot joining Teams meeting to assist taking notes, tracking important details or even provide a summary at the end of the meeting. Unfortunately this can also create a security risk when sensitive data are discussed. Well, you can now
Teams – You can now control if bot are authorized to join a meeting Read More »
If you use Intune, you likely are deploying applications to devices. You may already be using the Enterprise App Catalog capability (which comes with either Intune Suite or the Enterprise Application Management add-on). In this case you already know that when a new version of the Enterprise App application is made available you need manually
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By now you probably already know about Entra Global Secure Access (GSA) to provide a secure access to corporate resources, either cloud (Office 365), internal applications (private access) or even manage internet access to filter authorized web sites. Well, until now there was a down side as the device must have been joined to the
As you know, Entra ID offers a way to synchronize identity objects between different tenants (cross-tenant sync) the same way you can synchronize your on-premises Active Directory with Entra (Entra ID Cloud Sync or Entra ID Connect). Since recently, Entra Cross-Tenant Sync is now able to also sync groups (Entra ID – You can now
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A new feature has been introduced in Entra: deleted device objects recovery. Similar to what has been there for years with user objects and more recently to group objects, you can now recover delete device objects up to 30 days after deletion. To do so, logon to your Entra tenant and access the Devices\Delete devices
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With the Secure Boot certificate expiration date fast approaching (June 2026), Microsoft has released a new recommendation in Microsoft Defender to assist assessing the readiness of your environment. Off course, this means devices (either client or server) must be onboarded onto Microsoft Defender, which can be done either with Intune for clients or scripts or
Defender – Assess Secure Boot certificate expiration status Defender Read More »
If you are still relying on on-premises Active Directory for your identity management, especially because you still need to access applications or resources on-premises relying on Windows authentication, you are probably synchronizing your AD with Entra ID. Most likely, you are using Entra Connect Sync to sync your on-premises directory with Entra.
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