Saturday, 20 December 2025

External ID WAF setup guidance was refreshed; the remaining edits are routine documentation maintenance

All four changes on 20 December were Microsoft Learn updates—two for External ID and two for Entra ID. The meaningful changes are revised External ID instructions for WAF and Akamai integration. The evidence does not indicate a new feature, preview, general-availability milestone, retirement, or product behavior change. The Entra ID updates to “include file” and “Licensing” do not include enough detail to establish a licensing or configuration change.

• External ID · General

  External ID WAF guidance now specifies enabling the CNAME proxy

  The updated Configure Waf Integration instructions state that, in the DNS console, administrators should enable the proxy setting for the CNAME. This is a documentation instruction update; the evidence does not establish a new WAF capability or a change in service availability.

• External ID · Security

  External ID Akamai guidance identifies the DDoS protection WAF entry point

  The updated Configure Akamai Integration page directs administrators to select the “Protect apps from DDoS with WAF” tile and choose “Get started.” This clarifies the documented setup path, but the record does not say that the Akamai integration or WAF capability is newly available or generally available.

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