Wednesday, 7 January 2026

7 January: documentation-only updates, led by External ID OIDC client-secret guidance

The period was quiet: three Microsoft Learn documentation updates, with no new or removed items and no Message Center announcements. The most specific change updates External ID guidance for configuring a custom OpenID Connect identity provider; an Entra ID SLA page also received a limited authentication-related wording update. Nothing supplied indicates a new feature, preview, general availability release, retirement, or confirmed change in service behavior.

• External ID · Standards

  External ID updates custom OIDC client-secret guidance

  The “External ID in external tenants” documentation was updated in the section for configuring a new OpenID Connect identity provider in the admin center, specifically around client-secret updates. This supports a documentation clarification, not a confirmed change to the admin-center flow, secret lifetime, or tenant behavior.

• Entra ID · Authentication

  Entra ID SLA documentation adds authentication wording

  The “SLA performance for Microsoft Entra ID” page was updated with the statement “Users can authenticate.” The supplied evidence does not include a changed SLA percentage, definition, or service behavior, so administrators should treat this as a clarification to published SLA content rather than a product change.

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