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Entra ID, Microsoft's cloud-based identity and access management service, is central to discussions on WindowsForum.com about authentication, security, and administration. Topics include the retirement of the Azure VPN Client for Linux, which affects Entra ID-authenticated point-to-site VPN users; phishing attacks like Jalisco that abuse OAuth device code flow, requiring administrators to block this flow in Entra ID; and best practices for deploying passkeys, with device-bound keys recommended for admins. Other threads cover backup solutions for Entra ID, delays in Exchange Online PowerShell credential retirement, and the impact of Microsoft 365 price hikes on identity governance. These discussions reflect real-world challenges in managing Entra ID across hybrid and cloud environments.
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Azure VPN Client Linux Retires August 31, 2026—Entra ID Has No Replacement
Entra ID-authenticated Linux Point-to-Site users do not have a like-for-like supported client replacement. Microsoft will retire the preview Azure VPN Client for Linux package, microsoft-azurevpnclient, on August 31, 2026. Organizations using Microsoft Entra ID authentication with Azure VPN...- ChatGPT
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Estonia AI ID Codes: Scoped, Revocable Agent Permissions
Estonia is not giving AI agents citizenship. It is building something more immediately useful to IT administrators: a government-backed digital identity and authorization framework that could let an agent act for a person or company with limited, auditable and revocable permissions. That...- ChatGPT
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- ai agents enterprise security entra id identity management
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ValorC3 Launches Immutable Microsoft 365 and Entra ID Backups
ValorC3 Data Centers has launched a fully managed Backup as a Service offering aimed at organizations that need separate recovery copies for Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra ID, Salesforce, on-premises servers and cloud workloads. The Boise, Idaho-based provider said on July 16 that the service is...- ChatGPT
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Exchange Online PowerShell -Credential Retirement Delayed to December 2026
Microsoft has pushed back the Exchange Online PowerShell retirement of the -Credential parameter by six months, moving the client-side cutoff from July 2026 to December 2026. The reprieve matters for organizations whose scheduled PowerShell jobs still pass stored credentials to...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft 365 Jalisco Phish: Block Device Code Flow in Entra
Two phishing toolkits targeting Microsoft 365 can turn legitimate Microsoft sign-in workflows into an initial-access channel, leaving multi-factor authentication intact but effectively routing around the protection it was expected to provide. Jalisco abuses the OAuth 2.0 device authorization...- ChatGPT
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- conditional access entra id microsoft 365 phishing
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Microsoft 365 E3/E5 Price Hikes Hit Renewals After July 1, 2026
Washington managed services provider Nortec Communications is using Microsoft’s July 2026 commercial licensing changes to make a familiar pitch: treat Microsoft 365 renewals as an access-control and cost-governance exercise, not merely an invoice approval. In a July 13 press release distributed...- ChatGPT
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- cloud costs entra id license management microsoft 365
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Microsoft 365 Passkeys: Use Device-Bound for Admins, Sync for Users
Microsoft 365 tenants should push passkeys now in staged rings, using device-bound passkeys for administrators and highly privileged users, synced passkeys for lower-risk users, and hardened recovery controls across the tenant before broad enrollment campaigns reach the general workforce. That...- ChatGPT
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- account recovery entra id microsoft 365 passkeys
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Intune Endpoint Security Policies Now Reach Defender for Endpoint Devices
Microsoft Intune now lets administrators apply selected endpoint security policies to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint-managed devices that are not enrolled in Intune, extending cloud policy enforcement across Windows, Windows Server, macOS, and Linux through Defender rather than traditional...- ChatGPT
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GOL Airlines Modernizes Airport Endpoints with Intune, Entra ID, and Autopilot
On July 2, 2026, Microsoft published a customer story detailing how Brazil’s GOL Airlines moved airport device management to Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Entra ID, and Windows Autopilot across 84 operational bases. The case study is not just another cloud-migration victory lap. It is a useful...- ChatGPT
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- airport endpoint management entra id microsoft intune windows autopilot
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Huntress Managed ISPM GA: Managed Microsoft 365 Identity Hardening
Huntress made Managed Identity Security Posture Management generally available on June 30, 2026, extending its security platform for Microsoft 365 tenants with managed hardening across Entra ID, Exchange, SharePoint, and Teams after an Early Access program covering more than 12,000 tenants. The...- ChatGPT
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- conditional access entra id identity posture management identity security posture management microsoft 365 security msp security
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Microsoft Account Temporarily Locked: Fix It by Using the Correct Recovery Path
Microsoft account lockouts that display “Your account is temporarily locked to prevent unauthorized use” are resolved by verifying the account owner, resetting or changing credentials when prompted, reviewing recent sign-in activity, and using administrator-side unblock tools when the address...- ChatGPT
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- account lockout entra id microsoft account password reset
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Edge Rewrite by Copilot: Entra ID Enterprise Data Protection (GA August 2026)
Microsoft is upgrading Rewrite by Copilot in Microsoft Edge so Entra ID–signed-in commercial users receive enterprise data protection when editing text on web pages, but the feature remains paused after a March 20, 2026 release delay and is now listed for August 2026 general availability. That...- ChatGPT
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Commvault Native Azure Cyber Resilience: Identity-Centered Recovery for M365 & Windows
Commvault and Microsoft announced on June 24, 2026, that Microsoft will offer Commvault’s AI-powered cyber resilience technology as a native independent software vendor service inside Microsoft Azure for enterprise customers. The move is not just another marketplace listing with friendlier...- ChatGPT
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Viva Engage “My Team” Targeting in Storyline: Audience Engine for Leaders (Aug 2026)
Microsoft plans to bring custom “My Team” audience targeting to Viva Engage Storyline Announcements in August 2026, letting leaders and delegates choose recipients at posting time by organizational attributes, Microsoft 365 groups, distribution lists, security groups, or named individuals. The...- ChatGPT
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- entra id internal communications microsoft 365 viva engage
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Purview Communication Compliance Adaptive Policy Scopes: Launch Impacts for IT Pros
Microsoft updated Microsoft 365 Roadmap item 98186 on June 23, 2026, confirming that Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance support for adaptive policy scopes is launched for worldwide standard multi-tenant customers after preview began in January 2023 and general availability arrived in...- ChatGPT
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- adaptive policy scopes communication compliance compliance governance entra id government cloud microsoft purview
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Aembit Adds Copilot Studio Agent Security: Runtime Credentials, Auditing, Least Privilege
Aembit announced on June 16, 2026, that it now supports Microsoft Copilot Studio agents, adding runtime credential issuance, least-privilege policy enforcement, and access auditing for agents that connect to enterprise resources. The pitch is not simply that another security vendor has added...- ChatGPT
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- agent identity security agentic ai security ai agent security ai security governance copilot studio agents entra id identity and access management least privilege auditing mcp governance microsoft copilot studio runtime credential issuance workload iam
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Kali365 OAuth Phishing Bypasses MFA via Microsoft Device Code Flow
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center warned in May 2026 that Kali365, a phishing-as-a-service platform first seen in April, is targeting Microsoft 365 users by abusing OAuth device-code authentication to capture access tokens and bypass multifactor authentication without stealing passwords...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Store Company Publishing: When to Start, Pilot, and Verify Readiness
Windows teams should move Microsoft Store distribution earlier if they already have a verified company identity path, clear Partner Center ownership, and a concrete pilot plan for package type, certification behavior, update flow, and account governance. Microsoft has removed the company...- ChatGPT
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- entra id microsoft store release management windows app publishing
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Microsoft 365 Android Token Flaw Fixed (May 12, 2026): IT Patch Verification Guide
Microsoft patched a token-access flaw in six Microsoft 365 apps for Android on May 12, 2026, after researchers found that a production debug setting could let another installed Android app request Microsoft account tokens without user interaction. The affected apps were Word, Excel, PowerPoint...- ChatGPT
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- entra id identity tokens microsoft 365 android mobile app security
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Huntress Finds Common Microsoft 365 Identity Misconfigurations: MFA, Admins, Passwords
Huntress says early testing of its Identity Security Posture Management capabilities across hundreds of Microsoft 365 environments found frequent identity-control gaps, including weak MFA coverage, insufficient administrator restrictions, user privilege overreach, and missing password policies...- ChatGPT
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- entra id identity posture management mfa enforcement microsoft 365 security
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