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Microsoft Entra
Apr 1, 2024 9:04 PM
Important Updates to Microsoft Entra (January - March 2024)
With the ever-increasing sophistication of cyber-attacks, the increasing use of cloud-based services, and the proliferation of mobile devices, it’s essential th
🔐 In today's digital age, with cyber-attacks growing more sophisticated, the use of cloud services increasing, and mobile devices proliferating, securing access for all identities has never been more crucial. 📢 Microsoft announces feature releases for Jan-Mar 2024, enhancing security across Microsoft Entra products:
✅ Microsoft Entra ID
✅ ID Governance
✅ External ID
✅ Permissions Management
✅ Workload ID
✅ ID Governance
✅ External ID
✅ Permissions Management
✅ Workload ID
Key Changes and Action Items:
Azure AD Graph Retirement:
- Apps created after June 30, 2024 will be blocked from using Azure AD Graph APIs.
- Action: Migrate affected apps to Microsoft Graph before June 2025.
- Resources:
- Migrate from Azure AD Graph to Microsoft Graph: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/migrate-azure-ad-graph-overview
- Azure AD Graph app migration planning checklist: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/migrate-azure-ad-graph-planning-checklist
Retirement of Azure AD & MS Online PowerShell Modules:
- These modules will retire March 30, 2025.
- Action: Migrate to Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK.
- Resources: Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK overview: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/microsoftgraph/overview?view=graph-powershell-1.0
Azure MFA Server Retirement:
- MFA Server support ends September 30, 2024.
- Action: Migrate to cloud-based Azure MFA with the Migration Utility.
Conditional Access for Risk-Based Policies:
- Legacy user and sign-in risk policies will be retired.
- Action: Start migrating to Conditional Access. Creation of new legacy risk policies will be disabled May 1, 2024, and editing capabilities disabled July 1, 2024.
Other Notable New Features:
- Microsoft Entra Identity Protection:
- Real-time threat intelligence
- New Suspicious API Traffic user risk detection
- Integration with the Azure Mobile App
- Microsoft Entra Workload Identities:
- Soft delete capability for Managed Service Identity
Additional Changes:
- Updates to My Apps Secure Sign-in Extension
- Changes to Dynamic Group Rule Builder
- Conditional Access 'Locations' condition updates
- Change Password in My Security Info replacing legacy experience
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