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Microsoft Entra ID is Microsoft's cloud-based identity and access management service, serving as the identity control plane for Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, and enterprise applications. Discussions on WindowsForum.com cover management tools for hybrid Active Directory estates, privileged access, and identity governance; the retirement of SMS and voice MFA by February 1, 2027, with recommendations for phishing-resistant methods like FIDO2 keys; and new policies like KB5101650 enabling automatic SSO acceptance on managed Entra devices. Other topics include Entra ID integration with crisis communications platforms, FedRAMP High authorization for identity defense and recovery tools in Azure Government, and its role in enterprise AI training deployments.
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    KB5101650 Adds Windows 11 Enterprise SSO Prompt Suppression

    Windows 11 now gives enterprise administrators a supported way to remove a particular class of single sign-on consent prompt on managed PCs, restoring a more seamless Microsoft sign-in experience where the organization has already established device trust, identity controls, and account...
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    Microsoft 365 Copilot Adds Editable ServiceNow Mappings, Filters

    Microsoft 365 administrators can now revise two of the most consequential settings in a deployed ServiceNow connection for Microsoft 365 Copilot: user mappings and query filters. The change, tracked as Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 503590, removes a configuration rigidity that previously made routine...
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    • enterprise ai governance microsoft 365 copilot microsoft entra id servicenow connector
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    Microsoft Entra Retires SMS MFA February 1, 2027—Passkeys Take Over

    Microsoft is setting a hard deadline for one of the biggest authentication changes in Microsoft Entra ID: on February 1, 2027, Microsoft-provided SMS text messages and voice calls for multifactor authentication will be retired, while passkeys become the default path for users still relying on...
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    9 Best Microsoft Entra ID Management Tools for 2026

    Microsoft Entra ID has become the identity control plane for Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, and a growing share of enterprise applications, but operating it securely now extends far beyond creating accounts and enforcing multifactor authentication. Hybrid Active Directory estates, contractors...
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    • hybridactivedirectory identity governance microsoft entra id privileged access management
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    Microsoft Entra ID SMS and Voice MFA Retire February 1, 2027

    Microsoft Entra ID administrators should treat the February 1, 2027 SMS and voice retirement as a credential-placement decision, not merely a registration-campaign change. Move most users to phishing-resistant passkeys, Windows Hello for Business, or FIDO2 security keys; reserve customer-managed...
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    • fido2 security keys identity security mfa migration mfa security microsoft entra microsoft entra id passkeys windows hello windows security
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    Axalta Deploys Azure AI Training Platform With Entra ID

    Unboxed Training & Technology says it has deployed an AI-powered learning platform for coatings company Axalta, using Microsoft Azure services to support global training, coaching and analytics. The announcement, issued July 16, describes a customer implementation rather than a new Microsoft...
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    KB5101650 Lets Windows 11 24H2/25H2 Auto-Accept Entra SSO

    Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 now include a machine-level policy that lets IT administrators automatically accept single sign-on permission prompts on managed Microsoft Entra devices. Delivered with the July 14, 2026 Patch Tuesday update, the setting can remove an extra authentication...
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    • enterprise-sso it administration microsoft entra microsoft entra id registry policy single sign-on windows 11
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    Cognizant Frontier Targets 15,000 AI Staff by December 31, 2026

    Cognizant plans to build an enterprise AI workforce of 5,000 Frontier-certified engineers and 10,000 Frontier business operators by December 31, 2026, with its first client-supporting cohort expected in the fourth quarter of 2026. Enterprise buyers should respond by treating the announcement as...
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    • ai governance cognizant cognizant frontier enterprise ai microsoft administrators microsoft entra id
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    Canonical Managed Kubeflow Lands on Azure in Customer Tenancy

    Canonical Managed Kubeflow landed on Microsoft Azure in an article published July 9, 2026, positioning Canonical’s fully managed Kubeflow service as an Azure Marketplace deployment that runs entirely inside the customer’s own cloud tenancy. The pitch is not merely “Kubeflow, but easier.” It is a...
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    Quest Identity Defense, Recovery Get FedRAMP High in Azure Government

    Quest Software announced on July 8, 2026, in Austin, Texas, that Quest Identity Defense and Quest Identity Recovery for Entra ID are available as a FedRAMP High authorized SaaS offering in Microsoft Azure Government for federal and regulated customers operating hybrid Microsoft identity estates...
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    • azure government fedramp high hybrid identity security hybrid itdr identity resilience identity security microsoft entra id
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    BlackBerry AtHoc Expansion Adds Teams Delivery and Entra ID Sync for Crisis Response

    BlackBerry’s latest AtHoc expansion, announced at the end of June 2026, upgrades its crisis-communications platform with Microsoft Teams delivery, Microsoft Entra ID synchronization, and operator workflow improvements for governments, enterprises, and critical infrastructure organizations. The...
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    81 Million Azure CLI Logins Show Why “MFA Enabled” Isn’t Enough

    Between June 12 and June 26, 2026, attackers reportedly made more than 81 million login attempts against Microsoft cloud accounts through Azure CLI, compromising at least 78 accounts across 64 organizations by abusing a legacy OAuth password flow. The striking number is not the 81 million; cloud...
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    BlackBerry AtHoc Cloud 7.22 Adds Entra ID Sync and Teams Crisis Collaboration

    BlackBerry released BlackBerry AtHoc Cloud 7.22 on June 30, 2026, adding direct Microsoft Entra ID synchronization, expanded Microsoft Teams-based crisis collaboration, alert response comments, and other operator-focused changes for enterprise and government critical event management customers...
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    • blackberry athoc critical event management microsoft entra id microsoft teams integration
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    Konica Minolta PKI Cloud Suite Brings CAC/PIV Identity to GCC High Printers

    Konica Minolta introduced PKI Cloud Suite on July 1, 2026, for bizhub multifunction printers used in Microsoft 365 GCC and GCC High environments, adding CAC/PIV smart-card authentication, secure scan-to-OneDrive, and authenticated Microsoft Universal Print release for government and...
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    • konica minolta microsoft entra id universal print zero trust printing
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    Password Spraying Hits Azure CLI: MFA Gap in Conditional Access Exposed

    Huntress says an automated password-spray campaign that began on June 12, 2026, targeted Microsoft Azure CLI authentication and produced more than 81 million login attempts, compromising 78 Microsoft accounts across 64 organizations by late June. The campaign is not remarkable because password...
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    • azure cli azure cli security conditional access entra id conditional access mfa enforcement microsoft entra microsoft entra id oauth ropc password spraying
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    Azure Chaos Studio Workspaces Public Preview: Scenario-Driven Resilience Testing

    Microsoft announced on July 1, 2026 that Azure Chaos Studio Workspaces is entering public preview, adding scenario-driven resilience testing for Azure workloads through managed simulations of zone failures, DNS outages, database failovers, cache stampedes, identity disruption, and messaging...
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    Konica Minolta PKI Cloud Suite: CAC/PIV Identity for bizhub MFPs in GCC High

    Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. introduced PKI Cloud Suite on July 1, 2026, for Microsoft 365 GCC and GCC High customers, bringing CAC/PIV card authentication, secure OneDrive scanning, and Microsoft Universal Print release workflows to bizhub multifunction printers used by government...
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    • cac piv authentication gcc high konica minolta microsoft 365 gcc high microsoft entra id pki pki cloud suite secure printing universal print zero trust zero trust printers zero trust printing
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    BlackBerry AtHoc Integrates with Teams and Entra ID for Identity-Driven Crisis Alerts

    BlackBerry announced on June 30, 2026, that its AtHoc mission orchestration platform now integrates with Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Entra ID, extending crisis alerting, user provisioning, mapping, response comments, and operator dispatch controls for enterprise, government, and...
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    • blackberry athoc crisis alerting crisis communications critical event management enterprise resilience microsoft entra id microsoft teams microsoft teams integration
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    Dynamics 365 Commerce MCP Public Preview: Agent-Ready Checkout Tools

    Microsoft put the Dynamics 365 Commerce MCP server into public preview on June 29, 2026, giving retailers a Microsoft-managed endpoint on Commerce Scale Unit 10.0.48 that lets compatible AI agents call product, inventory, cart, checkout, promotion, and order tools in real time. That sounds like...
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    • agentic commerce dynamics 365 commerce mcp public preview microsoft entra id
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    Identity Security in the AI Era: Entra Recovery, Bots, Biometrics, PAM Governance

    Identity management and information security vendors spent the week of June 26, 2026, pushing new defenses for AI-shaped risk, with Bitdefender, Entrust, Cequence, Exabeam, Acsense, Flare, Keeper, Netwrix, One Identity, and SpyCloud all announcing products or corporate moves aimed at identity...
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    • ai risk governance identity security microsoft entra id privileged access management
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