Microsoft Now Lets IT Admins Assign Sponsors to Entra ID Guest Accounts

Key Takeaways: Microsoft has released a new update that enables IT admins to designate sponsors for Entra ID guest accounts. The feature launched in public preview in July, allowing organizations to appoint individuals or groups as sponsors for their guest accounts (via Office 365 for IT Pros). A sponsor is a “responsible individual” who tracks…

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Microsoft Defender for Identity Adds New Sensor to Detect Certificate Abuse

Key Takeaways: Microsoft Defender for Identity has added a cutting-edge addition to its toolkit – a new sensor now deployable on Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) servers. The sensor augments the existing capabilities, significantly enhancing the detection mechanisms for identifying questionable certificates within enterprise environments. Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) is a Windows…

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Microsoft Entra ID to Start Delivering MFA Text Messages Through WhatsApp

Microsoft Entra ID will soon start delivering multifactor authentication (MFA) text messages through WhatsApp. The company announced on the Microsoft 365 Admin Center yesterday that this update will begin rolling out to customers in select markets next month. As of today, the Microsoft Entra ID Multifactor Authentication feature uses text messages to send one-time passcodes…

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Microsoft Entra ID Protection Gets New Dashboard, Advanced Detections

Microsoft announced yesterday a new update for its Microsoft Entra ID Protection service. This release brings a new dashboard, advanced detection capabilities, integration with Microsoft 365 Defender, and more. The Microsoft Entra ID Protection service leverages machine learning to detect, investigate, and remediate identity-based sign-in risks and unusual activities. It uses risk-based adaptive access policies…

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Microsoft Entra ID Introduces Strict Location Enforcement To Block Stolen Token Access

Microsoft has released a public preview of a new continuous access evaluation (CAE) setting for the Entra ID Conditional Access service. The new feature enables IT admins to strictly enforce location policies for network access in enterprise environments. Continuous Access Evaluation is a mechanism that offers real-time evaluation of Conditional Access policies for certain apps….

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Microsoft Entra ID Enhanced Sign-In Branding Now Generally Available

Microsoft has announced the general availability of improved company branding functionality for enterprise customers. The new feature launched in preview last year, allowing organizations to customize the sign-in experiences of Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and Microsoft 365 apps. “With enhanced company branding, you’ll be able to create a custom look and feel for the…

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Microsoft Shares More Details About Chinese Cyberattack That Breached Exchange Email Accounts

Last week, Microsoft confirmed that Chinese hackers gained unauthorized access to email accounts of U.S. government agencies and other sensitive organizations. On Friday, the company detailed a blog post to explain the cause of the security breach that compromised Exchange Online email services. According to Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team, the Storm-0558 hacking group abused three…

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Microsoft Entra ID Adds Restricted Management Administrative Units in Preview

Microsoft has introduced restricted management administrative units support in public preview for Microsoft Entra ID. The new role-based access control (RBAC) feature lets organizations allow only select IT admins, security teams, or devices to access specific resources. “Restricted management administrative units allow you to protect specific objects in your tenant from modification by anyone other…

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Microsoft Rebrands Azure AD to Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft has announced that it will soon rebrand Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) as Entra ID. The name change will be a gradual process, and it’s expected to be rolled out to all Microsoft products and experiences in the second half of 2023. The Microsoft Entra product family first made its debut back in May…

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Microsoft Entra Gets New Identity and Access Management Solutions

Microsoft has announced a slew of updates for its Microsoft Entra product family. The company detailed two new security offerings, Microsoft Entra Internet Access and Microsoft Entra Private Access, to protect organizations against cyberattacks. “In the last twelve months, we saw an average of more than 4,000 password attacks per second, an almost threefold increase…

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