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How to Use Microsoft 365 Dynamic Groups to Streamline Access Management

Last Update: Jul 13, 2023

In today’s dynamic business landscape, managing user access to resources is critical for organizations. Azure Active Directory (AAD), a comprehensive identity and access management solution from Microsoft, offers a powerful feature called dynamic groups. These dynamic user groups provide a flexible and automated approach to managing user access based on predefined rules and user attributes….

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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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Cloud Computing

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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Network Security

Microsoft Entra Workload Identities Service Adds Support for App Health Recommendations

Microsoft has introduced support for app health recommendations in Microsoft Entra Workload Identities. The feature provides insights with actionable guidance to help organizations prevent outages and secure their Azure AD environments. Microsoft Entra Workload Identities launched back in November 2022. It’s an identity and access management (IAM) solution that enables IT admins to configure Conditional…

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Microsoft Releases Machine-Learning Backed Password Spray Attack Detection

Last Update: May 31, 2023

New machine-learning backed password spray attack detection spots twice the number of compromised accounts.

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Azure AD Password Protection to Prevent Password Spraying Attacks

Last Update: May 31, 2023

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell takes a look at Azure AD Password Protection and why Microsoft believes it will improve Active Directory security.

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Cloud Computing

Microsoft Releases Tenant Restriction v2 to Ensure Secure External Collaboration

Microsoft has recently announced the release of tenant restrictions version 2 (TRv2) for commercial cloud customers. The latest release enables IT admins to control whether end users can use externally issued identities to access external apps from org-owned devices or corporate networks. The tenant restriction feature builds on the cross-tenant access settings that launched in…

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Microsoft Authenticator Lite is Now Generally Available for Outlook Mobile Apps

Microsoft released the public preview of Authenticator Lite for its Outlook mobile apps back in March 2023. The company has announced that the feature is now generally available on Android and iOS devices. Microsoft’s Authenticator Lite feature allows users to approve multifactor authentication requests for work or school accounts directly in the Outlook mobile app….

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Security

Azure AD System-Preferred Multifactor Authentication is Now Generally Available

Last year, Microsoft introduced the public preview of a system-preferred multifactor authentication (MFA) for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The company announced yesterday that the feature is now generally available for all commercial customers. What is system-preferred MFA authentication? With system-preferred authentication enabled, Azure AD evaluates all authentication methods registered for a user account, and…

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Azure AD Conditional Access Gets Token Protection for Sign-In Sessions in Preview

Microsoft has recently introduced Token Protection for sign-in sessions support for its Azure AD Conditional Access service. The new feature is designed to help organizations protect their critical resources against token theft. Last fall, Microsoft’s Detection and Response Team (DART) reported an increase in adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing attacks to compromise organizational resources. This technique allows…

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