Remediate User Risks in Microsoft Entra ID Protection Through On-premises Password Changes
A Zero Trust breach prevention strategy based on user risk is critical for organizations in today's digital landscape. However, managing user risks in hybrid environments has posed several challenges. Today, we’re making it easier to manage user risk in hybrid ... continue reading
Azure AD Rename Rollout and Resources
The rename of Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to Microsoft Entra ID is now rolling across content and product experiences from Microsoft, as per the implementation timeline outlined in the Azure AD rename announcement on July 11th. We expect ... continue reading
Microsoft Entra Internet Access: An Identity-Centric Secure Web Gateway Solution
In our previous blog, we introduced Microsoft’s identity-centric security service edge (SSE) solution and two new services: Microsoft Entra Private Access and Microsoft Entra Internet Access. This blog continues the series around Microsoft’s new SSE solution, where we’ll take a ... continue reading
Microsoft Entra Private Access: An Identity-Centric Zero Trust Network Access Solution
On July 11, 2023, we introduced Microsoft’s identity-centric security service edge (SSE) solution and two new services: Microsoft Entra Private Access and Microsoft Entra Internet Access, which are now in public preview. In this blog, we take a deeper look ... continue reading
New Microsoft Entra ID Governance Dashboard Experience Rolling Out Soon
As announced on June 7, 2023, Microsoft Entra ID Governance is now generally available, and with it a set of new capabilities to empower businesses in their pursuit of streamlined access management. If you’re running your organization’s program, your primary ... continue reading
Advancing Modern Strong Authentication
In a previous blog, It's Time to Hang Up on Phone Transports for Authentication, I wrote about the vulnerabilities of multifactor authentication (MFA) mechanisms such as SMS and voice. A recent MFA research study from Microsoft concludes that SMS is ... continue reading
Azure AD is Becoming Microsoft Entra ID
Today we announced significant milestones for identity and network access, including the news that Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is becoming Microsoft Entra ID. As part of our ongoing commitment to simplify secure access experiences for everyone, the ... continue reading
The care and feeding of Azure Arc for Servers
Microsoft Azure has a great set of capabilities for managing non-Azure based servers, including monitoring, policy evaluation, inventory and change tracking, and security tools. Access to those services for non-Azure servers may be via Azure Arc – specifically installation of ... continue reading
Network ATC management in Windows Admin Center
Network ATC continues to be the preferred method to deploy host networking for our Azure Stack HCI customers. For most customers, deployment takes just a single command and completes in a few minutes. Network ATC makes all the necessary decisions ... continue reading
Microsoft Cost Management updates—June 2023
Whether you’re a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you’re spending, where it’s being spent, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when ... continue reading