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What changed on this day

23 changes were tracked across 6 Microsoft Entra products. The leading updates include userimpact: Low; Workload Identities are Configured with Risk-based Policies; Copilot Entra Security Scenarios.

23 updates

General

7

Groups Dynamic Rule Validation

Updated

To evaluate the rule for dynamic membership groups, the administrator must be at least a [Groups Administrator](~/identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference.md#groups-administrator).

Mysdworxcom Tutorial

Updated

* Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to my.sdworx.com with their Microsoft Entra accounts.

27193

Removed

A Microsoft Entra documentation page was updated: 27193.

Fundamentals

2

Authentication

1

Developer

1

Security

1

userimpact: Low

Updated

Allowing unrestricted external collaboration with unverified organizations can increase the risk surface area of the tenant because it allows guest accounts that might not have proper security controls. Threat actors can attempt to gain access by compromising identities in these loosely-governed external tenants. Once granted guest access, they can then leverage legitimate collaboration pathways to infiltrate resources in your tenant and attempt to gain sensitive information. Threat actors can also exploit misconfigured permissions to escalate privileges and try different types of attacks.

Standards

1

Github Enterprise Managed User Tutorial

Updated

1. Ensure that you have your Enterprise URL before you begin. The ENTITY field mentioned below is the Enterprise name of your EMU-enabled Enterprise URL. For example, https://github.com/enterprises/contoso - **contoso** is the ENTITY. On the **Basic SAML Configuration** section, if you wish to configure the application in **IDP** initiated mode, enter the values for the following fields:

Security

1

Governance

2

Microsoft Entra Id Governance Licensing For Guest Users

Updated

| Entitlement Management | [Guest policy assigned with custom extension](entitlement-management-logic-apps-integration.md) | Bill on successful request creation when a custom extension is included in the assignment policy.<br>**API**<br> https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/identityGovernance/entitlementManagement/assignmentRequests when a custom extension is included in the assignment policy. | User requests access package assignment, Create access package assignment user update request. |

Licensing Governance

Updated

|[Entitlement management - Mark guest as governed](~/id-governance/entitlement-management-access-package-manage-lifecycle.md)|||| :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: |

Fundamentals

1

Manage employee lifecycle using Microsoft Security Copilot

Updated

Microsoft Entra ID Governance applies the capabilities of [Microsoft Security Copilot](/security-copilot/microsoft-security-copilot) to save identity administrators time and effort when configuring custom workflows to manage the lifecycle of users across JML scenarios. It also helps you to customize workflows more efficiently using natural language to configure workflow information including custom tasks, execute workflows, and get workflow insights.

General

1

Google Federation

Updated

**To configure Google federation in the Microsoft Entra admin center**

Authentication

2

userimpact: Low

Updated

Without approval workflows, threat actors who compromise Global Administrator credentials through phishing, credential stuffing, or other authentication bypass techniques can immediately activate the most privileged role in a tenant without any additional verification or oversight. Privileged Identity Management (PIM) allows eligible role activations to become active within seconds, so compromised credentials can allow near-instant privilege escalation. Once activated, threat actors can use the Global Administrator role to gain persistent access by creating new privileged accounts, modifying Conditional Access policies to exclude those new accounts, and establishing alternate authentication methods such as certificate-based authentication or application registrations with high privileges. The Global Administrator role provides access to administrative features in Microsoft Entra ID and services that use Microsoft Entra identities, including Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Purview, Exchange Online, and SharePoint Online. Without approval gates, threat actors can rapidly escalate to complete tenant takeover, exfiltrating sensitive data, compromising all user accounts, and establishing long-term backdoors through service principals or federation modifications that persist even after the initial compromise is detected.

21774

Updated

Microsoft services applications that operate in your tenant are identified as service principals with the owner organization ID "f8cdef31-a31e-4b4a-93e4-5f571e91255a". When these service principals have credentials configured in your tenant, they might create potential attack vectors that threat actors can exploit. If the credentials were added by an administrator and are no longer needed, they can become a target for attackers. Although less likely when proper preventive and detective controls are in place on privileged activities, credentials can also be added maliciously by threat actors. In either case, threat actors can use these credentials to authenticate as the service principal, gaining the same permissions and access rights as the Microsoft service application. This initial access can lead to privilege escalation if the application has high-level permissions, allowing lateral movement across the tenant. Attackers can then proceed to data exfiltration or persistence establishment through creating additional backdoor credentials.

Fundamentals

1

Copilot Security Entra Investigate Risky Apps

Updated

Jason starts his assessment and signs in to [Microsoft Security Copilot](https://securitycopilot.microsoft.com/) or the Microsoft Entra admin center. In order to view application and service principal details, he signs in as at least a [Security Reader](/entra/identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference#security-reader) and needs an [Microsoft Entra role assignment](../identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference.md) of Application Administrator, Cloud Application Administrator, or similar Microsoft Entra administrator role that has permissions to manage application/workload identities in Microsoft Entra.

Security

1

Fundamentals

1

Copilot Entra Security Scenarios

Updated

Microsoft Security Copilot is a powerful tool that can help you manage and secure your Microsoft Entra identity environment. This article describes how to use Microsoft Security Copilot with Microsoft Entra in identity related scenarios to enhance your identity protection efforts. Using this feature requires a tenant with Microsoft Security Copilot enabled.