Wednesday, 8 July 2026

Global Secure Access guest-licensing prerequisite documented; new External ID migration guidance added

An updated External ID licensing article gives the period’s clearest operational instruction: Global Secure Access external-user access licensing is supported through Microsoft Entra External ID subscription linking, and the administrator must link the subscription in the resource tenant for private-resource access and correct billing. A new External ID article documents Migration Policy Analyzer for assessing Azure AD B2C custom policies, while new Entra ID guidance covers transferring Microsoft Authenticator to a new phone. These are documentation changes, not evidence of a preview, general availability announcement, retirement, or service launch. The Connect version-history update is routine reference maintenance; the External User Access update’s supplied summary contains only a tip marker and does not support a substantive claim.

• External ID · General

  Updated licensing guidance documents the subscription-linking prerequisite for Global Secure Access guests

  The updated Licensing Guest Users article states that Global Secure Access external-user access licensing is supported through Microsoft Entra External ID subscription linking. It specifies that the administrator must link the subscription in the resource tenant so guest users can access private resources and usage is billed correctly. This is a documented licensing and configuration prerequisite, not a stated feature launch.

• External ID · General

  New Migration Policy Analyzer guidance supports Azure AD B2C custom-policy assessment

  A new Microsoft Learn article explains how to use Migration Policy Analyzer to scan Azure AD B2C custom policies and generate a detailed migration assessment for Microsoft Entra External ID. It provides a concrete assessment path for migration planning, but the supplied evidence does not label the analyzer as a preview or generally available capability.

• Entra ID · Authentication

  New Authenticator guidance covers backup and restore when users change phones

  The new Entra ID authentication article covers backing up and restoring Microsoft Authenticator account entries during a phone change, including passkey setup steps. It is operational and user-support guidance; the supplied change does not state that tenant settings, authentication policies, or security requirements changed.

• Entra ID · General

  Microsoft Entra Connect version-history documentation was refreshed

  The updated Connect Version History article lists releases of Microsoft Entra Connect and Azure AD Sync. The supplied summary does not identify a specific release, retirement, or upgrade requirement, so this is reference maintenance rather than evidence of a product rollout.

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