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Combined registration for SSPR and Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication

Authentication

Organizations can allow users to change cloud passwords after authenticating with a registered FIDO2 passkey or Windows Hello for Business credential, without knowing the current password or using SSPR. Temporary Access Pass isn't supported unless the user knows the existing password.

Configure AD user and group enforcement in Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync

Provisioning

The documentation now requires all writable domain controllers to meet specified Windows Server update levels and requires ADSyncTools version 2.6.0 or later. It also adds a warning that enforcement cannot be configured if any writable domain controller is unsupported.

Microsoft Authenticator: Usability improvements for iOS and Android

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Authentication

Microsoft Authenticator for iOS and Android will receive usability updates starting November 2026, including a refreshed home experience, clearer account restoration guidance, improved sign-in flows, and platform-specific prompts. Android improvements for restoration and battery optimization prompts will follow in January 2027. No action required.

Microsoft Entra AD object enforcement

Provisioning

The title no longer includes “(Preview),” and the publication date changed from August 11, 2026, to October 29, 2026.

Microsoft Entra ID: Risk-based anti-bot verification (CAPTCHA) for SMS and voice authentication

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Authentication

Microsoft Entra ID is adding risk-based CAPTCHA verification for SMS and voice first-factor sign-ins to reduce automated abuse. Rollout began mid-October 2026. Some users may encounter this step based on behavior. Organizations should prepare help desks, review network requirements, and encourage phishing-resistant methods like passkeys.

Registration Mfa Sspr Combined

Authentication

The documentation section describing password changes after sign-in with CBA, FIDO2 passkeys, or Authenticator passwordless notifications was revised.

Registration Mfa Sspr Combined

Authentication

The documentation now uses the exact name of the secure sign-in setting related to changing cloud passwords after passwordless sign-in.

Registration Mfa Sspr Combined

Authentication

The documentation updates the name of the password-change flow available after CBA, passkey, or Authenticator passwordless sign-in.

Registration Mfa Sspr Combined

Authentication

The combined MFA and SSPR registration documentation updates its passwordless sign-in reference with a link to the relevant passwordless documentation.

Registration Mfa Sspr Combined

Authentication

The documentation now lists certificate-based authentication, FIDO2 passkeys, and Microsoft Authenticator passwordless phone sign-in notifications as methods users can use to change their cloud password without entering their current password.

Self-service password reset deep dive

Authentication

The documentation now explains how users can change Microsoft Entra cloud passwords with FIDO2 passkeys or Windows Hello for Business, including the tenant-wide setting required to enable the experience and its limitation for on-premises password writeback.

Sspr Howitworks

Authentication

The callout was changed from Note to Important.

Sspr Howitworks

Authentication

The documentation now states that rollout across all clouds begins in late October 2026 and is expected to finish by the end of November 2026.

Sspr Howitworks

Authentication

The page now labels the section “Allow password change after secure sign-in” and its subsection “Enable the setting,” replacing the previous “Passwordless authentication” heading.

Sspr Howitworks

Authentication

The heading “Allow password change after secure sign-in” now ends with a period.

Sspr Howitworks

Authentication

The documentation updates the section heading and setting label to “Allow password change after secure sign-in.”

Sspr Howitworks

Authentication

The documentation now states that users need a Microsoft Entra ID P1 or P2 license to use this feature.

Sspr Howitworks

Authentication

The documentation now explains where passwords are updated for cloud-only, hybrid with password writeback, and on-premises-only environments.

Sspr Howitworks

Authentication

In hybrid environments, password changes made with passwordless authentication can be written to an on-premises directory when password writeback is configured.

Sspr Howitworks

Authentication

The documentation now lists Microsoft Entra CBA, FIDO2 passkeys, and Microsoft Authenticator passwordless phone sign-in notifications as methods users can use to change a cloud password without entering the current password.

Usage and insights report

Fundamentals

The documentation now explains that reported last activity can include incomplete sign-ins absent from sign-in logs. A timestamp does not confirm successful authentication or token issuance, and some partial activity may be misclassified as app-only during preview.

Enable Authenticator Passkey

Conditional Access

The documentation now states that the Microsoft Authenticator Credential Registration resource will be available in November 2026. It also retains the prerequisite to provision the enterprise application before excluding the resource from a Conditional Access policy.

Microsoft Entra ID: Final reminder to replace MemberOf rule operator configurations by November 3, 2026

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Conditional Access

Microsoft Entra ID will retire the MemberOf rule operator by November 3, 2026. Organizations using MemberOf in dynamic groups, administrative units, or entitlement policies must replace it to avoid outdated memberships, access, and licensing issues. Action is required before this date to maintain proper functionality.

Microsoft Entra: Prepare for Microsoft to disable unused or unsuccessful SMS first-factor sign-in

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Authentication

Microsoft will disable SMS first-factor sign-in in Microsoft Entra tenants with no successful or only unsuccessful SMS sign-ins in the past 30 days, starting mid-September to November 2026. SMS for MFA and password reset remains unaffected. Admins should review usage, notify users, and ensure alternate sign-in methods.

Snowflake Provisioning Tutorial

Standards

The tutorial’s task lists were changed from numbered items to bullet points; the instructions and screenshots remain the same.

Snowflake Provisioning Tutorial

Standards

The tutorial now links to Snowflake SCIM documentation, specifies using an account administrator, explains the SQL script, emphasizes that `AAD_PROVISIONER` is case-sensitive and uppercase, and adds related authentication links.

Microsoft Entra ID: Reminder to migrate from Microsoft-provided SMS and voice authentication

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Authentication

Microsoft Entra ID will retire Microsoft-provided SMS and voice authentication starting February 1, 2027. Organizations must migrate users to passkeys or other methods, or configure a customer-managed telecom provider before then to avoid sign-in disruptions. SMS and voice are vulnerable to attacks; passkeys are recommended.

Microsoft Entra: Windows Hello for Business and macOS Platform SSO as standalone MFA factors

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Conditional Access

Microsoft Entra will recognize Windows Hello for Business and macOS Platform SSO as standalone MFA factors starting early November 2026, allowing users to satisfy MFA without additional passkeys. No configuration changes are needed, but organizations should update onboarding and MFA registration guidance accordingly.

Snowflake Tutorial

General

The tutorial now uses single quotes in the Snowflake ALTER SECURITY INTEGRATION commands and links to Snowflake’s SAML2 security integration guide.

Snowflake Tutorial

General

The tutorial now uses the Account Administrator role, reorganizes the SQL setup steps, updates Snowflake URL parameters, and links to automated user provisioning and deprovisioning.

Create a Conditional Access policy plan (preview)

Conditional Access

A new guide explains how to create policy plans from templates or from scratch, configure shared conditions and exclusions, review rules in report-only mode, and enable them.

Microsoft Entra: Users can register a passkey or passwordless sign-in as their first multifactor authentication method

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Conditional Access

Microsoft Entra will allow users to register passkeys or passwordless sign-in as their first multifactor authentication method, removing the prior requirement to set up alternate MFA methods first. The phased rollout begins November 2026, aiming to simplify strong authentication adoption and reduce registration friction.

Migrate Conditional Access policies to a policy plan (preview)

Conditional Access

A new article explains how to consolidate selected Conditional Access policies into a policy plan, review shared conditions and generated rules, and validate the plan before enforcement. Original policies remain unchanged and continue evaluating independently.

What are Microsoft Entra Conditional Access policy plans? (preview)

Conditional Access

The new documentation introduces Conditional Access policy plans, which group related rules under shared targeting and conditions. Plans can centralize exclusions and support multiple enforcement scenarios; the capability is marked preview.

Manage Object Connections - Microsoft Graph

Provisioning

New documentation explains how to inspect or remove stored source-to-target connections for provisioning jobs, including required identifiers, permissions, and recovery steps. The API is available through Microsoft Graph beta and deleting a connection does not delete either object.

Microsoft Entra HR provisioning timeouts

Troubleshooting

A new article explains how to diagnose intermittent timeouts and slow provisioning from Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, and API-driven HR integrations to on-premises Active Directory. It covers job status, provisioning agents, matching attributes, domain controllers, DNS, connectivity, and relevant logs.

Object Connection IDs - Microsoft Entra ID

Provisioning

A new reference lists source and target identifiers for provisioning scenarios, their required formats, and how to use them with Microsoft Graph to inspect or delete connections.

Prerequisites for Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync

General

The prerequisites now explain how incorrect DNS, subnet-to-site mappings, or site configuration can cause provisioning synchronization failures, performance issues, and intermittent connectivity. It directs administrators to correctly map agent server subnets in Active Directory Sites and Services.

System-preferred authentication in Microsoft Entra ID

Authentication

The article now explains that system-preferred authentication considers the user’s current device and browser, prioritizes accessible local passkeys, and handles device-bound credentials such as Windows Hello for Business and macOS Platform SSO by platform.

Application Properties

Developer

The documentation now states that tenant administrators cannot reverse Microsoft disablement by enabling tenant-local sign-in or reactivating the app registration.

Configure Microsoft Entra Kerberos trust

Authentication

The documentation now explains that the Trusted Domain Object creates an inbound trust from the AD DS domain’s perspective. It also notes that this object isn’t required for Windows Hello for Business cloud Kerberos trust or FIDO2 sign-in; those scenarios require only the Microsoft Entra Kerberos server object.

Configure Microsoft Entra Kerberos trust

Authentication

The documentation now explains that the trust creates a Trusted Domain Object for the Microsoft Entra Kerberos realm and is inbound from the AD DS perspective. It also clarifies that the object isn't required for Windows Hello for Business cloud Kerberos trust or FIDO2 sign-in.

Device Sync

General

The article now explains that it covers configuring Device Sync in Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync, not transferring Device Sync with the guided migration tool. It links to the tool’s prerequisites.

Macos Platform Sso Architecture

Authentication

The documentation now explains Password, UserSecureEnclaveKey, and SmartCard registration and authentication flows, including credential handling, device proof, and PRT issuance. It also recommends UserSecureEnclaveKey for most deployments.

Mfa Number Match

Authentication

The documentation now shows an updated Android screenshot and describes selecting Approve or Deny instead of Yes or No for relevant number-matching prompts in Authenticator, Teams, and Outlook.

Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync migration decision guide

Provisioning

The guide now distinguishes platform capability comparisons from what the guided migration tool can transfer. It identifies device synchronization as a current guided-tool blocker and adds separate guidance for guided, manual, or deferred migration paths.

Microsoft Entra: Choose your own telephony provider for SMS and voice authentication

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Authentication

Starting October 30, 2026, Microsoft Entra ID allows organizations to choose a supported third-party telephony provider for SMS and voice authentication via Microsoft Security Store. Microsoft-provided SMS/voice authentication retires by February 1, 2027, except for some users until July 1, 2027. Organizations manage provider relationships directly.

Migrate Connect Sync Cloud Sync Tool

General

The guide now clarifies that migration must start from the active Connect Sync server, identifies device synchronization as a guided-migration blocker, explains readiness results, and adds validation and support-evidence checklists.

Migrate to Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync

Provisioning

The documentation now directs administrators to a migration decision guide, guided-tool eligibility checks, or manual phased migration guidance. It also clarifies scope protection, reference validation, and migration-result verification.

Plan Cloud Sync Topologies

Monitoring

The documentation now explains that Connect Sync and Cloud Sync may coexist during a phased migration, but must not simultaneously export normal changes for the same object and attribute set. It adds links to manual migration steps and scope-removal planning.

Protect against consent phishing

Security

The documentation explains that tenant administrators cannot reverse Microsoft disablement by setting `accountEnabled` to `true` or reactivating the app registration. It also provides support guidance for application publishers and users.

What Is Cloud Sync

Fundamentals

The page now directs Connect Sync users to review the decision guide, validate guided-tool prerequisites, and choose a supported guided or manual migration path. It also links the migration FAQ and separates Device Sync review from guided-tool eligibility.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: Permission changes for select App Governance Entra roles

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Governance

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps will update App Governance permissions for select Microsoft Entra roles starting mid-November 2026. Changes include role-based access control alignment with Defender XDR, affecting Cloud App Security, Compliance Administrator, and Compliance Data Administrator roles. Admins should review and update role assignments accordingly.

Add Microsoft Entra ID for customer sign-in

Authentication

The FAQ now states that identity provider buttons cannot be hidden. Removing a provider from a user flow prevents users from signing up or redeeming invitations with that provider, and `domain_hint` does not change this.

Security Defaults

Fundamentals

The Security Defaults article no longer includes the section describing individual protections, their preview availability, roles, behavior, and management steps.

Application Properties

Developer

The documentation now explains that Deactivated can result from tenant-local sign-in disablement, app registration deactivation, or Microsoft disablement. It also documents the related properties and clarifies that these conditions can overlap and must be remediated independently.

Deactivate an app registration

Microsoft identity platform

The article now distinguishes deactivating an app registration from disabling sign-in on a tenant-local service principal. It also explains that activation status includes tenant-local and Microsoft disablement, and that reactivating the app registration does not automatically restore tenant-local sign-in.

Disable user sign-in for application

Authentication

The article now explains that disabling sign-in sets the service principal’s `accountEnabled` property to `false` and changes Activation status to Deactivated. It also adds steps to restore tenant-local sign-in and notes that other deactivation conditions can still apply.

Add Microsoft Entra ID for customer sign-in

Authentication

The documentation now specifies tenant ID or the tenant’s onmicrosoft.com domain for the issuer URI, says custom verified domains aren’t supported, and requires matching onmicrosoft.com values for domain_hint. It also documents steps to refresh a user flow after provider configuration changes.

Delegate App Roles

Developer

The documentation now links to the “Restricting who can create applications and agents” section in two references, including the application registration error guidance.

Delegate application and agent management administrator permissions

Developer

The article now covers application and agent creation and management. It documents the **Users can create agent blueprints** setting, which administrators can turn off to restrict agent blueprint creation to administrators and Agent ID Developers.

Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Sensitivity labels for Microsoft Entra security groups

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Governance

Microsoft Purview will enable sensitivity labels for Microsoft Entra cloud security groups starting mid-November 2026, allowing administrators to apply and enforce governance policies on these groups. Labels can be assigned via multiple platforms, cannot yet be changed once applied, and require separate tenant configuration from Microsoft 365 groups.

Permissions Reference

General

The permissions reference now states that Application Developer role holders can update applications they own, in addition to creating application registrations independently of the user registration setting.

Provision On Demand

Fundamentals

Step 1 now links to the permissions reference anchor without the `.md` suffix.

Security Defaults

Authentication

The documentation describes four separately manageable protections—administrator MFA, user MFA, legacy authentication blocking, and device code flow blocking—for selected Microsoft Entra ID Free tenants. It also explains how these protections work with Conditional Access and which roles can manage them.

Enable Authenticator Passkey

Authentication

The documentation now states that iOS users can register attested passkeys only directly in the Authenticator app, while Android users can register them directly or through cross-device registration.

Enable Authenticator Passkey

Authentication

The documentation now states that Android users can register attested passkeys directly in the Authenticator app or through a cross-device registration flow. iOS registration remains direct through the Authenticator app.

Enable Authenticator Passkey

Authentication

The documentation now separately states that Android users can register attested passkeys through a cross-device registration flow, while iOS users register them directly in the Authenticator app.

Enable Authenticator Passkey

Authentication

The documentation now states that iOS cross-device registration does not support attestation, while Android does. Attested passkeys can also be registered through Android cross-device flows.

Mfa Registration Campaign

Authentication

The example now specifies a device-bound profile with attestation enforced and an eligible attested passkey. It states that the nudge is suppressed across operating systems and browsers, without using the platform table.

Mfa Registration Campaign

Authentication

The example now explicitly states that User 1 signs in on macOS with Chrome and is nudged to register a compatible passkey.

Mfa Registration Campaign

Authentication

The example now specifies that the user’s only registered passkey is Windows Hello for Business; the nudge is suppressed when they sign in on Windows with Chrome.

Mfa Registration Campaign

Authentication

The documentation now refers to registered passkeys and available passkey types instead of credentials in the platform-specific nudge suppression guidance and table.

Mfa Registration Campaign

Authentication

The documentation now states that Windows Hello for Business registration doesn’t follow passkey profile restrictions.

Mfa Registration Campaign

Authentication

The documentation now states that Windows Hello for Business registration behavior is separate from passkey profile restrictions.

Mfa Registration Campaign

Authentication

The MFA registration campaign documentation now links directly to the passkey profile eligibility guidance for the Microsoft managed registration campaign.

Mfa Registration Campaign

Authentication

The documentation explains how unrestricted, synced-only, and device-bound-only profiles use platform-specific evaluation, while AAGUID-restricted and attestation-enforced profiles suppress nudges across platforms after one eligible passkey is registered.

Mfa Registration Campaign

Authentication

The documentation now states that eligible users can see nudges during interactive sign-ins that satisfy MFA. Silent SSO events, such as refresh token redemption, do not display nudges.

Configure Microsoft Entra Kerberos trust

Authentication

The documentation now covers prerequisites, PowerShell module installation, Trusted Domain Object creation, client ticket configuration, key rotation, and trust removal.

Enforcement Resource Exclusions

Conditional Access

The documentation now states that baseline-scope enforcement rollout began June 15, 2026. It adds a Microsoft Graph query for finding affected Conditional Access policies and clarifies customization and sign-in review guidance.

Kerberos Server Key Rotation

Authentication

The standalone article describing Kerberos server-key rotation, prerequisites, dual-key behavior, and the Set-AzureADKerberosServer procedure was deleted.

Manage Device Identities

General

The documentation now states that any user can use **Download devices** to export a CSV of devices, with optional filters; without filters, all devices are included.

Whats New

Authentication

The documentation states that generally available key rotation improves reliability for incoming trust referral flows and addresses authentication failures caused when referral tickets used a secondary key.

Microsoft Entra ID: Passkey support for B2B users

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Conditional Access

Microsoft Entra ID will support passkey registration and sign-in for B2B users, enabling phishing-resistant MFA in resource tenants starting late October 2026. Internal guest users get Microsoft Authenticator app passkeys; external users do not. The feature is enabled by default, intersecting with SMS/voice retirement policies. No action required, but administrators should review policies.

Policy Agent User

General

The guidance now links to the Windows 365 Cloud PC for Agents introduction and the Entra Global Secure Access overview.

Policy Agent User

General

The documentation adds links and clarifies that relevant agents run on Intune-managed Windows 365 Cloud PCs, with Global Secure Access for compliant network policies. It also refines targeting, assignment, and risk-level guidance.

Policy Agent User

General

The documentation now lists Microsoft 365 E7, or Microsoft Agent 365 paired with Microsoft Entra P1 or Microsoft 365 E3, instead of a general Entra ID P1 or P2 requirement.

Policy Autonomous Agents

General

The documentation now specifies Microsoft Entra ID P1 or Microsoft 365 E3 for Conditional Access, and Microsoft Entra ID P2 or Microsoft 365 E5 when using agent risk-based Conditional Access with Microsoft Agent 365.

Policy Autonomous Agents

General

The documentation now says Microsoft 365 E7 protects access for both users and agents, replacing wording about governance of user and agent identities.

Policy Autonomous Agents

General

The documentation now lists two licensing options: Microsoft 365 E7, or Agent 365 paired with Microsoft Entra P1 or Microsoft 365 E3. It also states that Agent 365 will soon be required.

Policy Autonomous Agents

General

The documentation now uses corrected step numbering and clearer instructions for excluding agent blueprints or identities and creating custom attributes and predefined values.

Secure agent users with Microsoft Entra Conditional Access

Conditional Access

A new guide explains how to apply Conditional Access to agents using their own user accounts, including policies for agent risk, compliant devices, and compliant networks. It also documents agent-specific targeting and prerequisites.

Sla Performance

Monitoring

The September row now includes an additional 99.999% value in the performance reference table.

Assign User Or Group Access Portal

Developer

The enterprise application page received spelling corrections in its user, group, and app-role assignment guidance.

Common hybrid scenarios with Microsoft Entra ID

Provisioning

The comparison table now lists Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync as supporting Microsoft Entra hybrid join and links to Cloud Sync device synchronization instructions. The article also expands comparisons across Cloud Sync, Connect Sync, MIM, and ECMA Host.

Configure your integration with Active Directory

Provisioning

The guide now covers configuring Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync and Connect Sync, including synchronizing Active Directory computer objects to Microsoft Entra ID for hybrid join.

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