Entra – Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) will require registered authentication methods from September 7th

As you know, Entra is providing a self-service password reset (SSPR) to end-users to self reset their password instead of contacting your support team. For years, the registration process for SSPR has been merged with the registration process for multi-factor authentication (MFA) so onboarding was simpler for end-users. Despite this process merge, administrators were still […]

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Entra – Administrators can now control SSO prompts in Windows

If you are managing Entra ID tenant(s), you know that it provides SSO authentication. However, from time to time, end-users may still be requested to confirm they want to continue the sign-in process (as shown in the below screenshot). This experience may be more likely occurring in the European Union due to the privacy controls

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Entra ID – New Entra ID Connect Sync version (2.6.84.0) is available

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

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Teams – New Remote Connectivity Analyzer test for external user joining meetings

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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Entra – Reminder to start migrating to Cloud Sync and Exchange writeback

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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Teams – You can now control if bot are authorized to join a meeting

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

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Intune – You can now automatically update your Enterprise App Catalog applications

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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Entra ID – You can now use your own device (BYOD) with global secure access to connect to private access profile

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

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Entra – Do not delete your cross-tenant synced group before you do this

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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Entra – You can now recover deleted device objects (preview)

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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