Azure Active Directory

Azure AD – You can now create your own custom administration roles

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As you may already know, you can grant administrative access to Azure Active Directory (AAD) and associated resources using built-in administration role. Well, this is going one step further as an update has been deployed on Azure Active Directory which let you create your own custom administration role. During the preview, this capability is available …

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SCCM – You can now synchronize your device collections as Azure AD groups

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With the release of System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch 1906 (SCCM Current Branch), you can now synchronize your device collections to Azure Active Directory, allowing you to use your on-premises grouping rules to the cloud. This is a one way SCCM to Azure AD process; any membership updates done in Azure AD will not …

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SCCM – You can now discover your Azure AD Security Groups with SCCM

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The release of System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch 1906 (SCCM Current Branch) is providing an updated discovery method to your Azure AD tenant. As you may be already aware, you have been able to discover your Azure AD users objects with SCCM for quite some time now. Well, this Azure AD discovery functionality has …

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Azure AD – You can now use FIDO2 keys and Microsoft Authenticator App to authenticate against Azure AD

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You can now enable password-less authentication to Azure AD, including Azure AD Application, with Microsoft Authenticator App, Fido2 Keys or Windows Hello. To start using the new password-less authentication methods, logon to your Azure AD portal (https://aad.portal.azure.com/) or Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com) and reach out the Authentication methods blade From there you can enable FIDO2 Security …

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Azure AD – New insights reporting authentication methods activity in preview

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After having introduced in preview the Usage and Insights for Azure AD Application (see https://t.co/0TLTScRjWI), you can now also have the same insights for the authentication methods used to authenticate against Azure AD. To start using this ‘reporting’ feature, logon to your Azure AD (https://aad.portal.azure.com) or your Azure (https://portal.azure.com/) portal and reach out the Azure …

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Azure AD – You can get usage insights of Azure AD Applications

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Currently in preview, you can now get some usage insights of Azure AD Application if users are authenticated by Azure AD only; this includes Azure AD App Proxy applications. To get these insights, logon to your Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com) or Azure AD Portal (https://aad.portal.azure.com) and reach out the Enterprise Applications blade and then Usage & …

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SharePoint Online – Better integration with Azure AD B2B (preview)

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You already know that you can share content stored in SharePoint Online and/or OneDrive for Business with external users member of another organization – this called B2B (Business to Business sharing. Well, this capability is going to get better as next time (after you enable it) a user shares content in B2B mode, a guest …

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Azure AD – New conditional access policies in preview

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After providing in preview an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Conditional Policy to request MFA for administrator accounts (which by the way is now GA), Microsoft is providing 3 new pre-configured conditional access policies in preview: Baseline policy: End user protection, to help protecting your end-users. It will require Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) during risky …

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Azure AD Connect – Potential vulnerability in version 1.3.20.0

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A vulnerability in Azure Active Directory Connect (Azure AD Connect), the directory synchronization tool for Office 365/Azure AD, version 1.3.20.0 (the latest one released last late April) has been found. This vulnerability may lead to an elevation of privileges, under specific conditions, allowing an attacker to execute 2 PowerShell cmdlets in the context of a …

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Azure AD – You can now writeback from Azure AD to Workday

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As you may know, Microsoft and Workday have been working pretty hard to make Workday integration with Azure Active Directory (AAD) as seamless as possible. This integration now goes one step further as you can writeback from Azure AD to Workday. This means if an attribute is updated on Azure AD, you can get the …

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