Microsoft Entra daily update

What changed on this day

68 changes were tracked across 5 Microsoft Entra products. The leading updates include Connect Fed Group Claims; Create a security plan for external access to resources; Determine your security posture for external access with Microsoft Entra ID.

68 updates

Architecture

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What is the Microsoft Entra architecture?

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Microsoft Entra enables you to securely manage user access to services and resources. Included with Microsoft Entra is a family of identity management and network access capabilities. For information about Microsoft Entra features, see [What is Microsoft Entra?](~/fundamentals/whatis.md)

Authentication

5

Microsoft Defender XDR services: Deploy the New Defender for Identity sensor on Microsoft Entra Connect servers

New

Deploy the new Defender for Identity sensor on Microsoft Entra Connect servers. The classic sensor is now available, enhancing visibility and security for hybrid identity environments. This update is available globally, and organizations should install the sensor for comprehensive monitoring and threat detection. No admin action is required before the rollout.

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Sap Cloud Platform Identity Authentication Provisioning Tutorial

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* By default, the value of the Microsoft Entra user `userPrincipalName` attribute is mapped to both the `userName` and `emails[type eq "work"].value` attributes of SAP Cloud Identity Services. If user's email addresses are different from their user principal names, then you may need to change this mapping.

Howto Mfa Userstates

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The per-user MFA administration experience in the Microsoft Entra admin center is recently improved. To view and manage user states, complete the following steps:

Fundamentals

2

New Name

Updated

| Identity and access management | New identity categories | Network access |

General

2

Darwinbox Hr Integration Tutorial

Updated

Open Darwinbox studio and navigate to Connector Library. Search for and install the “Microsoft” and “Microsoft Entra” connectors:

Governance

1

Monitoring

1

Security

1

Connect Fed Group Claims

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- Support for use of `sAMAccountName` and security identifier (SID) attributes synced from on-premises is designed to enable moving existing applications from Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and other identity providers. Groups managed in Microsoft Entra ID don't contain the attributes necessary to emit these claims.

Governance

2

Fundamentals

4

Architecture

3

General

2

Branding

1

Standards

1

Architecture

1

Troubleshooting

1

Troubleshoot Connectors

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**Objective:** Verify that the connector machine, backend proxy, and firewall support the certificate the connector created. Also, verify the certificate is valid.