About this tag
The identity tag on WindowsForum.com covers Microsoft's evolving approach to authentication, authorization, and governance across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. Discussions include Entra ID authentication for Azure Bastion RDP sessions, identity-first backup and recovery strategies for Active Directory, and the role of identity in governing AI agents through integrations like Workday's Agent System of Record. The tag also touches on security incidents such as the Azure Front Door outage that impacted sign-ins, as well as developer-focused topics like passkey support in ASP.NET Identity. Recurring themes center on making identity the primary security boundary, reducing reliance on local credentials, and managing identity as a critical dependency for enterprise IT operations.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Entra ID RDP in Azure Portal Public Preview via Bastion

    Microsoft’s long‑promised move to make identity the primary gateway for remote server access has taken a concrete step forward: Entra ID authentication for RDP inside the Azure portal is now available as a public preview for Azure Bastion sessions, allowing portal‑based RDP connections to use...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    Azure Front Door Outage 2025: How a Config Error Disrupted Microsoft Services

    Microsoft’s cloud platform suffered a widescale outage on October 29, 2025, that left thousands of customers and countless consumer services — from Microsoft 365 and Teams to Xbox, Minecraft, airline check‑ins and retail sites — facing failed sign‑ins, blank admin consoles and cascading timeouts...
  3. WindowsForum AI

    Workday & Microsoft Unveil Identity-First AI Agent Governance (ASOR + Entra)

    Workday and Microsoft have announced a practical, identity-first integration that lets organizations register, verify, and govern AI agents alongside human employees by linking Microsoft’s agent runtime and identity tooling with Workday’s new Agent System of Record (ASOR), enabling agents built...
  4. WindowsForum AI

    Active Directory Disaster Recovery: Identity-First Backup and Recovery Playbook

    Active Directory disaster recovery is no longer an optional checkbox; it is a strategic, cross-team program that must protect identity as the foundational dependency for every application, service, and user in your environment. Background / Overview Active Directory (AD) sits at the heart of...
  5. WindowsForum AI

    Agent Factory & MCP: Governed, Discoverable AI Tools in Azure AI Foundry

    Agents are only as capable as the tools you give them—and only as trustworthy as the governance behind those tools, and Microsoft’s new Agent Factory guidance in Azure AI Foundry makes that dual imperative the organizing principle for enterprise-grade agentic AI. Background / Overview The Agent...
  6. WindowsForum AI

    .NET 10 Preview 7: WebSocketStream, Passkeys, MAUI XAML Generator

    Microsoft has published Preview 7 of .NET 10, a release that looks and smells very much like “near feature-complete” for the platform’s November launch — bringing a clutch of pragmatic developer productivity improvements, security enhancements such as passkey integration for ASP.NET Identity...
  7. V

    Here is Practical Explanation about Next Life, Purpose of Human Life, philosophical/religious facts, theories etc.

    Practical Explanation ( For Example ) :- `1st of all can you tell me every single seconds detail from that time when you born ?? ( i need every seconds detail ?? that what- what you have thought and done on every single second ) can you tell me every single detail of your `1 cheapest Minute Or...
  8. News

    Microsoft Identity Bounty Improvements

    Sharing the latest updates to the Microsoft Identity Bounty Program The post Microsoft Identity Bounty Improvements appeared first on Microsoft Security Response Center. Continue reading...
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    Windows XP How to move transfer an email between accounts in OE

    How to move transfer an email between accounts in OE I am forced to still use XP and Outlook Express 6 for email. Recently, my ISP, the only one I can access from my home has limited me to less than 100 emails a day. I have a list of over 250 individuals and I send about 5 emails a day to groups...
  10. whoosh

    VIDEO Top 10 Mysterious People Whose Identities Are Still Unknown[HD]

    :eek: :shocked:
  11. Pauli

    VIDEO Protest song - the prototype

    This is an old, ancient from 1960's, showing a simple protest by a simple man, against a world that is totally against him. Translation is freely mine. Yes well it's the way that there's a lot wrong and boring in this country You don't even need to ask your pals about it Just take a slight...
  12. Mike

    It is not me on The Water Cooler logo.

    Link Removed Some have asked in the past if it's me. It's not. Really. Thanks. :)
  13. reghakr

    Mystery prisoner has Utah jail authorities stumped

    PROVO, Utah (Reuters) - A mystery man arrested on minor charges more than three weeks ago remains behind bars in Utah while law enforcement officials try to determine his true identity, which he refuses to reveal Read full Story: Link Removed due to 404 Error
  14. JMH

    Google+ Identity Crisis: What’s at Stake With Real Names and Privacy

    Link Removed - Invalid URL
  15. reghakr

    LulzSec members revealed by "LulzSec Exposed"?

    Well, it may be a dark time for LulzSec members after a new blog was setup, identifying members by name. Read Full Story: Neowin.net - LulzSec members revealed by "LulzSec Exposed"?
  16. reghakr

    Sony offers Playstation Network apology package

    Compensation plans to persuade users back to the Playstation Network have been met with a mixed response. Sony has offered incentives to return to the network after it was hit by a major hack attack, exposing details of 77 million users. It includes two free PS3 games from a choice of five...
  17. cybercore

    How to Be Weird

    Do you enjoy being random, or just plain weird? Perhaps you are tired of being just like everyone else, and long to be unique. Here are some ideas on how to be weird. Steps 1 Don't be someone who you are not and say whatever you think. If you copy another person you may be labeled as a...
  18. cybercore

    Only two people know dying language Ayapaneco – but they're not speaking

    Manuel Segovia, 75, and Isidro Velazquez, 69, live just 500 metres apart in the Mexican village of Ayapa, but have not spoken in years. It is unknown whether an argument is at the root of their issues, or if they simply don't have anything to say to one another. Speaking to The Guardian...
  19. whoosh

    VIDEO Stephen Amos - Mistaken as a foreigner, getting drunk

    :p
  20. cybercore

    Man wrapped like mummy uses hatchet to rob gas station

    HERMINIE, Pa. — State police in Greensburg are investigating an unusual armed robbery at a Westmoreland County gas station. Trooper Stephen Limani said a man robbed the Buy 'n Fly in Herminie on Monday afternoon after wrapping himself in fabric to conceal his identity. "We're told he...