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Entra ID: Group Source of Authority guidance clarified; otherwise a documentation-only day

All five supplied changes for 8 August were Microsoft Learn updates, with no new or removed items and no message-center announcement. The most actionable clarification is a Group Source Of Authority table describing the post-conversion states of `isCloudManaged` and `onPremisesSyncEnabled`. A Dmarcian SAML tutorial also clarifies how to retrieve federation metadata. The evidence indicates ordinary documentation maintenance—not a feature launch, preview, GA change, retirement, security advisory, or confirmed service-behavior change. The remaining records concern a provisioning screenshot, an author-line update, and an Intacct setup instruction, without enough detail to establish separate product changes.

  • The Entra ID Group Source Of Authority Configure page was updated with a table explaining the status of `isCloudManaged` and `onPremisesSyncEnabled` after an object's source of authority is converted. This is configuration guidance and clarification, not evidence of a new capability or changed service behavior.

  • The Entra ID Dmarcian Tutorial now directs administrators, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, to copy the App Federation Metadata URL, open it in a new tab, download the page content as an XML file, and save it locally. This is a procedural SSO documentation update, not an availability or feature announcement.

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

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Group Source Of Authority Configure

Updated

The following table explains the status for **isCloudManaged** and **onPremisesSyncEnabled** attributes after you convert the SOA of an object.

Intacct Tutorial

Updated

a. In the **Identifier (Entity ID)** text box, type a unique identifier for your Sage Intacct company, with the following format:

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Tutorial Group Provisioning

Updated

:::image type="content" source="media/tutorial-group-provision/verify.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the newly provisioned group." lightbox="media/tutorial-group-provision/verify.png":::

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Dmarcian Tutorial

Updated

7. On the **Set up Single Sign-On with SAML** page, In the **SAML Signing Certificate** section, select copy button to copy **App Federation Metadata Url**, open it in a new browser tab, download the content of the page as an XML file and save it on your computer.

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