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Microsoft’s Azure AD Conditional Access Service Can Now Require Reauthentication

Microsoft has added re-authentication support in Azure AD Conditional Access. The company says that it’s one of the top-requested features from customers, who will now be able to configure policies to require authentication by end-users. Microsoft defines sign-in frequency as the time period before a user is required to log in again when accessing a…

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Microsoft’s Update Compliance Service Will Soon Require Azure AD

Microsoft has announced some important changes regarding its Update Compliance service. The company says that Update Compliance will require the use of the cloud-based Azure AD service starting October 15, 2022. For those unfamiliar, Update Compliance is a Windows Analytics service hosted in Microsoft Azure. It enables IT Admins to monitor the deployment status of…

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Azure Container Apps Add Built-In Authentication Support in Preview

Microsoft has released built-in authentication support for its Azure Container Apps, a new fully managed serverless container service. The feature enables developers to secure external ingress-enabled container apps without writing code. The Redmond giant launched Azure Container Apps at its Ignite conference in November 2021. It is a serverless hosting solution that builds on Azure…

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Microsoft Simplifies IT Monitoring with New Azure Managed Grafana Service

Last year, Microsoft unveiled its plans to create a fully-managed version of Grafana that runs natively on its Azure cloud platform. Now, the Redmond giant has announced that the new Azure Managed Grafana service is now available in public preview. Grafana is basically an open-source platform that enables organizations to visualize multiple types of reliability…

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Microsoft Rolls Out Dynamic Administrative Units Support for Azure AD

Microsoft has announced the public preview of dynamic administrative units with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The new feature lets organizations configure rules for adding or deleting users and devices in administrative units (AUs). Azure AD administrative units launched in public preview back in 2020. The feature lets enterprise admins logically divide Azure AD into…

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Microsoft Issues New Guidance on Securing Domain Controllers

Microsoft has released updated guidance to help enterprise customers protect domain controllers (DCs) against cyber attacks. The company urges IT admins to deploy Azure Active Directory (AAD) in their organizations to prevent security breaches. For those unfamiliar, a domain controller is a type of server that responds to security authentication requests from network endpoints (such…

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Microsoft Announces Public Preview of Azure AD Multi-Stage Access Reviews

Microsoft has launched a new multi-stage access reviews feature for Azure AD customers. The new capability is currently available in public preview, and it enables organizations to configure access reviews in sequential stages for resource owners and auditors. Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory access reviews feature allows organizations to set up policies to review users’ access…

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Microsoft Enhances Azure Active Directory With Several New Features

At Microsoft’s Ignite conference this week, there was a series of announcements for new Azure Active Directory features either entering general availability or released in public preview. AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) The Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) app gallery now includes AWS Single Sign-On (SSO). AWS SSO is a cloud service that is designed to…

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Azure AD Connect Cloud Provisioning Syncs Identities from Disconnected Forests

Cloud provisioning simplifies synchronizing on-premises identities to Azure AD during mergers and acquisitions.

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