August 2026

Entra ID – A new version of the Global Secure Access is available

If you use Entra Global Secure Access (What is Global Secure Access? – Global Secure Access | Microsoft Learn) to protect connectivity to M365, Internet or internal network from your devices, you must be aware that a new version (2.32.294) has been made available for Windows devices (both x64 and ARM). Your administrators can download

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Intune – Unattended remote help sign-in

If you use Intune to manage your devices fleet, you may also be using the remote help feature allowing support desk team to remotely connect to devices to help end-users with their issue (Use Remote Help to Assist Users Authenticated by your Organization – Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Learn). There has been one thing with

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Windows / Intune – Windows 11 26H2 will have Windows Backup enabled by default

There has been a new Windows feature introduced few months ago called Windows Backup. Windows Backup is feature to allow streamlining devices transition during replacement process by backing up user settings and Microsoft Store app configurations. This feature has been turned off by default so far but with the incoming Windows 11 26H2 release later

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Entra ID – New Entra ID Private Connector version

As you probably already know, you can integrate your on-premise web applications with Entra to leverage Entra authentication and access control capabilities without having to open inbound ports on your perimeter firewall. This is called Entra ID Private Connector, formerly know as Application Proxy. Well, a new version (1.5.4892.0) has been made available for download

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Intune – You can now inventory registry keys

If you are managing client devices with Intune, you already know that you can inventory these devices to know their physical details, from battery type or level to video controllers. This inventory is done by implementing the Properties catalog configuration profile type. Well, this profile has been updated to allow you to also inventory registry

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Intune – You can now view live Windows device synchronization status

When managing a fleet of devices with Intune, from time to time administrators need to force a device synchronization from the portal. Until then, administrators could not really follow the sync process and needed to wait few minutes for the device to report back to Intune. Well, good news as now, with the July release

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Entra ID – Entra Cloud Sync now allows Active Directory devices synchronization

If you are managing both Active Directory and Entra ID tenant, you already know you may/must synchronize your Active Directory to Entra ID using one of the synchronization tools: Entra ID Connect or Entra ID Cloud Sync. Earlier last month, I have reminded you to start looking at migrating from Entra ID Connect to Entra

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