Entra ID – You can now protect object from manual permanent deletion (preview)

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AS you likely know, Entra comes with some protection level in regards of objects deletion – started with users and groups, and more recently devices (Entra – You can now recover deleted device objects (preview)) or even a backup/restore capability (Entra ID – You can now backup and recover your Entra tenant (preview)). After the

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Intune – You can now better control Windows Quality updates deployment timing

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Before we start, you need to keep in mind there is a difference between the monthly updates (known as Patch Tuesday) and quality updates. Monthly updates apply to both Windows OS and additional security updates (think .Net Framework) and made available on the second Tuesday of the month Non security (including preview) updates (quality updates)

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Intune – Standard user can now change IP configuration on Windows

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If you have been managing Windows devices, you already know that changing IP configuration requires local administrator elevation. When troubleshooting network connectivity issue, it has always been a pain to either give a temporary local administrator permission to end-user or deal with the UAC elevation prompt to enter a local administrator credentials (including Microsoft Entra

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Outlook – Join meeting button may disappear if the meeting link is not using HTTPS

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For quite some time, Outlook clients have been showing a Join button to join a meeting, especially when using Teams for the meeting but also for other meeting providers, such as Zoom. While most of meeting providers integrating with Outlook should have been using HTTPS connection, there may still be some still not using HTTPS

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Office 365 – Update repair in inventory from the Apps admin center

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Starting mid-October 2026 until end of November (preview between mid-October to end of October, GA from mid-November to end of November), a new capability is being added on the Apps admin center (Microsoft 365 Apps admin center) – the portal to manage Office apps installation, configuration and monitoring. The new capability will allow a remote

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Entra – New version available for Global Secure Access client for Windows devices

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While this has been announced that the Global Secure Access client for Windows devices will be automatically updated through Windows Update (see Entra ID – A new version of the Global Secure Access is available) which will be available starting November 2026, there has been a new GSA client version (2.34.222) for Windows. This means

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Windows – Retirement of Companion Apps

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For quite some time, Windows always came with what is called “companion apps” (Calendar, People…) which were also automatically pinned to the taskbar (unless device is being managed). Well, these companion apps are being retired in December 16th, 2026. This means they no longer be updated and will also stop functioning. While most devices in

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Intune – Prepare for end of support for CNAME automatic enrollment

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As you know, for your devices to apply device configuration profiles from Intune, your device must be enrolled in Intune. Intune enrollment can be done in different ways: automatic or manual. The automatic enrollment for Windows devices can then be done either using group policy in the context of hybrid-joined device (not recommended) or using

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Entra – Restrict users to create agent identity blueprint

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With the rise of AI agent, Microsoft is introducing a control in Entra ID tenant to manage who can create agent identity blueprint. Agent identity blueprint is the template and authentication foundation for Agent Identities. While it does not automatically grant access to company data (permissions and consents remain separated), it is important to control

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Entra/Office 365 – Group based license assignments failing

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For the past few months, I have seen multiple group based license assignments failing on different tenants. While there is no official communication (Message Center or other communication channels), the only option has been to open a support request to Microsoft to initiate a “back-end” sync. Once this sync has been proceed, the group based

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