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What changed on this day

52 changes were tracked across 7 Microsoft Entra products. The leading updates include Mandatory Multifactor Authentication; Agent Optimization Logs Metrics; Microsoft Entra authentication & authorization error codes.

52 updates

Microsoft identity platform

11

Deploy a web app with App Service auth in a pipeline

Updated

Describes how to set up a pipeline in Azure Pipelines to build and deploy a web app to Azure and enable the Azure App Service built-in authentication. The article provides step-by-step instructions on how to configure Azure resources, build and deploy a web application, create a Microsoft Entra app registration, and configure App Service built-in authentication using Azure Pipelines.

Microsoft Identity Platform Glossary

Updated

Learn key terms used in Microsoft identity platform documentation, Microsoft Entra admin center, and authentication SDKs like the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL).

Application model

Updated

Learn about the process of registering your application so it can integrate with the Microsoft identity platform.

General

6

Microsoft Entra federation metadata

Updated

This article describes the federation metadata document that Microsoft Entra ID publishes for services that accept Microsoft Entra tokens.

Developer

4

Fundamentals

3

Troubleshooting

2

Authentication

1

Branding

1

Conditional Access

1

Agent Optimization Logs Metrics

Updated

The **Agent summary** at the top of the Conditional Access optimization agent page provides a quick summary of what the agent has discovered in the last 30 days. The total number of [security compute units (SCU)](/copilot/security/manage-usage) consumed by the agent is also provided.

Fundamentals

1

Investigate risky users with Copilot

Updated

Use Copilot in Microsoft Entra to quickly respond to identity threats by summarizing the risk level for a user and receiving insights relevant to the incident.

Fundamentals

1

Manage lifecycle workflows with Microsoft Security Copilot

Updated

Use Microsoft Security Copilot in the Microsoft Entra admin center to create lifecycle workflows for Joiner, Mover, and Leaver scenarios. Execute workflows on-demand and use workflow insights to monitor execution and troubleshoot as needed.

General

5

Facebook Federation

Updated

Federate with Facebook to enable external users (guests) to sign in to your Microsoft Entra apps with their own Facebook accounts.

Troubleshooting

2

Azure Monitor

Updated

To stop collecting logs to your Log Analytics workspace, delete the diagnostic settings you created. You'll continue to incur charges for retaining log data you've already collected into your workspace. If you no longer need the monitoring data you've collected, you can delete your Log Analytics workspace and the resource group you created for Azure Monitor. Deleting the Log Analytics workspace deletes all data in the workspace and prevents you from incurring other data retention charges.

Authentication

1

Fundamentals

1

B2b Direct Connect Overview

Updated

Microsoft Entra B2B direct connect lets users from other Microsoft Entra tenants seamlessly sign in to your shared resources via Teams shared channels. There's no need for a guest user object in your Microsoft Entra directory.

Authentication

1

Create an Azure app identity (PowerShell)

Updated

Describes how to use Azure PowerShell to create a Microsoft Entra application and service principal, and grant it access to resources through role-based access control. It shows how to authenticate application with a certificate.

Developer

1

Workload Identity Federation Config App Trust Managed Identity

Updated

The audience value must be set to one of the following values:<br/> &#8226; **Entra ID Global Service**: *api://AzureADTokenExchange* <br/>&#8226; **Entra ID for US Government**: *api://AzureADTokenExchangeUSGov* <br/>&#8226; **Entra ID China operated by 21Vianet**: *api://AzureADTokenExchangeChina* <br/>

General

1

Security

1

Fundamentals

2

Security

1

Fundamentals

3

Conditional Access

1

Agent Optimization

Updated

Learn how the Microsoft Entra Conditional Access optimization agent with Microsoft Security Copilot can help secure your organization.

Security

1