Category: Entra ID

Identity verification via Persona

Adding a verification to your LinkedIn profile is not mandatory. Name matching: The name on your government-issued ID (e.g., passport) must match the name on your LinkedIn profile. If you have a LinkedIn profile in another language, the name on…

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AZ-500 Study guide – Section 2 – Manage identity and access – Manage Microsoft Entra authentication​

Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) What is Multifactor Authentication (MFA)? MFA adds an extra layer of security by requiring a second form of identification during sign-in, like a code on your phone or fingerprint scan. This makes it harder for attackers…

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AZ-500 Study guide – Section 1 – Manage identity and access – Manage Microsoft Entra identities​

​ Here we go again. Study guides, oh those study guides, don’t you just love them. Microsoft is making their own, excellent guides but my idea is to make them little bit better. So sit back and enjoy! ​ Secure…

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Bring Your Brand to Sign-Ins: Enable Custom Domains for External ID

What it is This feature allows you to replace Microsoft’s default domain name with your own custom domain for your applications’ sign-in endpoints in Microsoft Entra External ID for external tenants. This enhances your brand consistency during user sign-in. Important…

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External authentication method (EAM) in Entra

Supported providers Microsoft announced at RSA Conference 2024 integration with these identity providers as launch partners: DUO Duo MFA, also known as Cisco Duo Multi-Factor Authentication, is a cloud-based security solution that adds an extra layer of verification to the…

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Multi-tenant management in Microsoft Defender

Struggling to keep up with security across multiple organizations? Multi-tenant management in Microsoft Defender XDR streamlines your workflow, giving you a single pane of glass for all your tenants. This translates to faster threat detection, improved response times, and a…

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Deep Dive into Conditional Access Policies part 1

Entra ID Conditional Access Policy Evaluation: A Breakdown Phase Description Applies To 1: Signal Collection Gathers information about the user’s access attempt.Examples: Network location (IP address), device identity (type, OS version). Applies to all enabled Conditional Access policies, including those…

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This is why I think you should join CCPs 💯

Imagine a giant security geek party… but way cooler! That’s kind of what the CCPs are like. Instead of just listening to someone lecture at a conference, you get to chat directly with Microsoft engineers and other security pros. It’s…

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Graph activity logs is now generally available

What you do with it? Privileges To access the Microsoft Graph activity logs, you need the following privileges. What information is available? Column Type Description AadTenantId string The Azure AD tenant ID. ApiVersion string The API version of the event….

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How many Conditional Access policies you can create?

Is there a reason for this article? There is always a reason to write on Conditional Access but for this specific topic, decided to write when I got results from a Poll I created out of the blue, asking the…

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