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SOA migration and PIM/access-package guidance lead an otherwise maintenance-heavy Entra day

The clearest changes on 29 May are two documentation additions: an Entra ID guide for migrating Source of Authority (SOA) from Active Directory, and an ID Governance reference for access-package and PIM periods that do not align. Other notable updates clarify Universal tenant restrictions, Microsoft Graph activity-log schema selection, and recommendation-email behavior. No Message Center entry or supplied evidence announces a preview, general availability event, or service retirement. The single removed item is the Source Of Authority Overview documentation page, which signals documentation retirement rather than retirement of the SOA capability itself. Most remaining items are ordinary documentation maintenance or clarification.

  • A new Microsoft Learn article covers migrating Source of Authority from Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID, including prerequisites, supported scenarios, and step-by-step guidance for IT architects and administrators. This is a new documentation guide, not evidence of a new SOA feature, preview, or general-availability event.

  • The new reference documents Microsoft Entra ID behavior when an access package's assignment period and a PIM policy do not align. Related eligibility guidance says to verify that the access package expiration period does not exceed the PIM-managed group's “Expire eligible assignments after” setting. This is configuration guidance for combined entitlement-management and PIM designs, not a new governance capability or availability change.

  • Updated Global Secure Access proof-of-concept material describes Universal tenant restrictions for unmanaged identities on company-managed devices and networks. It says Entra ID Tenant Restrictions can enforce the policy by blocking or allowing all traffic to an external tenant. This is access-control architecture guidance, not evidence of a rollout, preview, or general availability announcement.

  • The updated Activity Log Schemas guidance says the Microsoft Graph v1.0 endpoint is the most stable and commonly used for production, while beta may expose more properties but is subject to change. It explicitly advises against using the beta schema in production. This is operational guidance and documentation clarification, not a new logging feature.

  • Updated Entra ID guidance says recommendation emails are enabled by default, summarize the specific recommendation, link to the relevant admin-center area and documentation, and contain no promotional or upselling content. The evidence supports a documentation clarification of the stated behavior, not a confirmed behavior change on 29 May.

This period briefing was generated by AI from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.

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Monitoring Health

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Reviewing the data in the Microsoft Entra activity logs can provide helpful information for IT administrators. To streamline the process of reviewing data on key scenarios, we've created several reports on common scenarios that use the activity logs.

Whats New

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A Microsoft Entra documentation page was updated: Whats New.

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Authentication Track Linkable Identifiers

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:::image type="content" border="true" source="media/how-to-authentication-track-linkable-identifiers/search-token-id.png" alt-text="Screenshot of log line with linkable identifiers.":::

Customize Branding

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Once your default sign-in experience is created, select the **Edit** button to make any changes. You can't delete a default sign-in experience after it's created, but you can remove all custom settings.

Test Automate Integration Testing

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As a developer, you want to run automated integration tests on the apps you develop. Calling your API protected by Microsoft identity platform (or other protected APIs such as [Microsoft Graph](/graph/)) in automated integration tests is a challenge. Microsoft Entra ID often requires an interactive user sign-in prompt, which is difficult to automate. This article describes how you can use a non-interactive flow, called [Resource Owner Password Credential Grant (ROPC)](v2-oauth-ropc.md), to automatically sign in users for testing.

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PowerShell

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1. In the owner tenant, use the [Update-MgTenantRelationshipMultiTenantOrganization](/powershell/module/microsoft.graph.identity.signins/update-mgtenantrelationshipmultitenantorganization) command to create your multitenant organization. This operation can take a few minutes.

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Howto Configure Recommendation Email Notifications

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The email notifications provide a basic summary of the specific recommendation with a link to the related area of the Microsoft Entra admin center. The email also includes a link to related documentation so you can learn more about the recommendation and how to resolve it. These emails are enabled by default, aren't promotional or marketing emails, and don't contain any upselling content. These emails are purely informational and designed to help you act quickly when a new recommendation is available.

Howto Use Workbooks

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A Microsoft Entra documentation page was updated: Howto Use Workbooks.

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Activity Log Schemas

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There are two endpoints for the Microsoft Graph API. The V1.0 endpoint is the most stable and is commonly used for production environments. The beta version often contains more properties, but they're subject to change. For this reason, we don't recommend using the beta version of the schema in production environments.

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Entitlement Management Logic Apps Integration

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As mentioned, custom extensions created with the request workflow type, which includes four associated policy stages, can be enabled with “*Launch and wait*” if desired.

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Gsa Poc Guidance Intro

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- **Do you need to override broad block or allow policies for certain users or specific circumstances?** If you want to allow specific users or groups to access a blocked website, consider testing the [Allow a user to access a blocked website](gsa-poc-internet-access.md#allow-a-user-to-access-a-blocked-website) use case.

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Gsa Poc Internet Access

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[Universal tenant restrictions](../global-secure-access/how-to-universal-tenant-restrictions.md) enable you to control access to external tenants by unmanaged identities on company-managed devices and networks. You can enforce this restriction with Entra ID Tenant Restrictions, by either blocking or allowing all traffic to an external tenant.

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