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24 June 2026: Documentation-led Entra update—Internet Access readiness, ID Protection testing, and new SSO/group guidance

The period is dominated by Microsoft Learn documentation work rather than a product-release announcement. The most actionable updates are an Internet Access deployment-readiness checkpoint and ID Protection guidance to test policies with a non-administrator account. Entra ID also added new group-management and application-SSO guidance. The supplied evidence contains no Message Center items or removals and does not establish a new feature, preview, general availability, retirement, or changed service behavior; the Windows passkey update, for example, has no substantive change description in the record.

  • Internet Access · Architecture
    Microsoft Entra Internet Access guidance now marks the post-planning handoff

    The updated GSA deployment guide says the initiate and plan stages are complete once the organization has defined which users to enable in each wave, set a deployment schedule, and met licensing requirements; it then says the project is ready to enable Microsoft Entra Internet Access. This is deployment guidance, not evidence of a new feature, preview, or GA event.

  • ID Protection · Architecture
    ID Protection rollout guidance calls for a non-administrator test user

    The updated ID Protection introduction instructs administrators to use a test user who isn’t an administrator to verify policies before deploying them to real users. That is security and rollout guidance; the record does not indicate a change to policy behavior or availability.

  • Entra ID · Standards
    New SSO guidance adds a SAML 2.0 versus OIDC decision reference

    A new Entra ID article compares SAML 2.0 and OpenID Connect for selecting an application’s SSO approach. It is part of a same-day set of new SSO material that also includes an ISV planning guide and an explanation of Microsoft’s centralized SSO model. These are architecture and planning references; no protocol-support change or release status is stated.

  • Entra ID · Fundamentals
    A new group-management reference covers core group administration

    The new “How to manage groups” article covers creating and updating Microsoft Entra groups, including membership and settings. It is new documentation for administrators, not evidence that group capabilities or defaults changed.

  • Entra ID · Fundamentals
    Updated permissions guidance defines the boundary for group owners

    The updated “Users Default Permissions” page states that a group owner can add or remove other owners, can manage only groups they own, and can add or remove members only when the group’s membership type is Assigned; it contrasts this with users assigned at least the Groups Administrator role. This is a documentation clarification of the stated scope, not evidence that the permission model changed.

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

53 updates

Fundamentals

13

How to manage groups

New

Instructions about how to create and update Microsoft Entra groups, such as membership and settings.

Learn About Groups

Updated

- For more information, see [Learn about Microsoft 365 Groups](https://support.office.com/article/learn-about-office-365-groups-b565caa1-5c40-40ef-9915-60fdb2d97fa2).

Bulk Operations

Updated

- [Bulk operations service limitations](bulk-operations-service-limitations.md)

Create New Tenant

Updated

- To add users, see [Add or delete a new user](./how-to-create-delete-users.md).

Delegate By Task

Updated

Here are the least privileged roles you should use when performing tasks for [groups](../../fundamentals/how-to-manage-groups.md) in Microsoft Entra ID.

Groups Concept

Updated

- [Create a role-assignable group](groups-create-eligible.md)

Groups Dynamic Membership

Updated

- [Manage Microsoft Entra groups and group membership](~/fundamentals/how-to-manage-groups.md)

Users Default Permissions

Updated

An owner can also add or remove other owners. Unlike those users assigned at least the [Groups Administrator](../identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference.md#groups-administrator) role, owners can manage only the groups that they own and they can add or remove group members only if the group's membership type is **Assigned**.

Provisioning

8

General

6

Zoom Tutorial

Updated

Zoom is available in the following [national cloud deployments](/graph/deployments).

Zscaler Beta Tutorial

Updated

Zscaler Beta is available in the following [national cloud deployments](/graph/deployments).

Authentication

3

Required update for organizational authentication in Excel Power Query (Entra ID)

New

Excel Power Query is updating its authentication flow for Organizational Accounts (Microsoft Entra ID) to enhance security and reliability. Users on Excel 2021 version 21.08 or older must update to build 16.0.14334.20754 or later by July 24, 2026, or upgrade to a newer version to avoid authentication loss. Microsoft 365 and newer Excel versions are unaffected.

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Standards

3

Understand Microsoft's SSO model

New

Learn how Microsoft Entra ID implements single sign-on (SSO) as a centralized identity platform for both SAML and OpenID Connect protocols.

Architecture

1

Branding

1

Get Started Premium

Updated

Now that you have Microsoft Entra ID P1 or P2, you can [customize your domain](add-custom-domain.md), add your [corporate branding](./how-to-customize-branding.md), [create a tenant](create-new-tenant.md), and [add groups](./how-to-manage-groups.md) and [users](./how-to-create-delete-users.md).

Developer

1

Governance

1

Architecture

1

Id Protection Guide Introduction

Updated

- A test user who isn't an administrator to verify that policies work as expected before you deploy real users. To create a user, follow the steps in [How to create, invite, and delete users](../fundamentals/how-to-create-delete-users.md).

Governance

1

Fundamentals

1

Add Member To Group

Updated

Now that you've added app groups claim in your application, add users to the security groups. If you don't have security group, [create one](~/fundamentals/how-to-manage-groups.md#create-a-basic-group-and-add-members).

General

1

General

6

Architecture

1

Gsa Deployment Guide Internet Access

Updated

At this point, you completed initiate and plan stages of your Secure Access Services Edge (SASE) deployment project. You understand what you need to implement for whom. You defined which users to enable in each wave. You have a schedule for each wave's deployment. You have met [licensing requirements](../global-secure-access/overview-what-is-global-secure-access.md#licensing-overview). You're ready to enable Microsoft Entra Internet Access.

General

2

Architecture

1

Provisioning

1

Architecture

1
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