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47 changes were tracked across 4 Microsoft Entra products. The leading updates include What is Transport Layer Security Inspection?; Associate or add an Azure subscription to your Microsoft Entra tenant; Licensing.

47 updates

Fundamentals

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Associate or add an Azure subscription to your Microsoft Entra tenant

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All Azure subscriptions have a trust relationship with a Microsoft Entra tenant. Subscriptions rely on this tenant (directory) to authenticate and authorize security principals and devices. When a subscription expires, the trusted instance remains, but the security principals lose access to Azure resources. Subscriptions can only trust a single directory while one Microsoft Entra tenant might be trusted by multiple subscriptions.

Licensing

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This article discusses licensing options for the Microsoft Entra product family. It's intended for security decision makers, identity and network access administrators, and IT professionals who are considering Microsoft Entra solutions for their organizations.

Define the Group ID

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> A new bulk operations experience is now available in preview that provides enhanced performance and removes scaling limitations for large tenants. For more information, see [Bulk operations in Microsoft Entra ID (Preview)](bulk-operations.md).

Whats New Overview

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The **Roadmap** tab lists the details of public preview and recent general availability releases in a sortable table. From the table, you can select a release to view the release **Details**, which includes an overview and a link to learn more.

Manage User Profile Info

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1. Sign in to the [Microsoft Entra admin center](https://entra.microsoft.com) as at least a [User Administrator](../identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference.md#user-administrator).

Add Custom Domain

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1. Create your new directory by following the steps in [Create a new tenant for your organization](./create-new-tenant.md#create-a-new-tenant-for-your-organization).

Reset a user's password

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Administrators can reset a user's password if the user forgets the password, if the user gets locked out, or if the user never received a password.

Bulk Operations

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The new bulk operations experience in Microsoft Entra ID provides enhanced capabilities for managing **Groups**, **Devices, Administrative Unit and Role assignments.** This service enables bulk actions including create, update, and delete operations. The improved service delivers better performance, reduces timeouts, and removes scaling limitations for large tenants.

How to find your tenant ID

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Instructions about how to find your Microsoft Entra tenant ID for an existing Azure subscription.

Users Restore

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After you delete a user, the account remains in a suspended state for 30 days. During that 30-day window, the user account can be restored, along with all its properties.

Create New Tenant

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In this quickstart article, you learn how to create a basic tenant for your organization.

Try Microsoft Entra Suite

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Welcome to the Microsoft Entra Suite trial user guide. Make the most of your free trial by discovering the robust and comprehensive capabilities of [Microsoft Entra](what-is-entra.md).

Get Started Premium

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You can purchase and associate Microsoft Entra ID P1 or P2 editions with your Azure subscription. If you need to create a new Azure subscription, you also need to [activate your licensing plan](#activate-your-new-license-plan) and your [Microsoft Entra ID service access](#activate-your-microsoft-entra-id-access). For information about obtaining a free trial, see [Microsoft Entra ID P2 Trial](https://signup.microsoft.com/get-started/signup?products=FAF849AB-BD30-42B2-856C-8F1EDC230CE9).

Entra Admin Center

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The Microsoft Entra admin center is organized by product. Access the products through the search bar or left-hand menu.

Identity data storage for Australian and New Zealand customers in Microsoft Entra ID

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Microsoft Entra ID stores identity data in a location chosen based on the address provided by your organization when subscribing to a Microsoft service like Microsoft 365 or Azure. For information on where your Identity Customer Data is stored, review the Microsoft Trust Center section titled [Where is your data located?](https://www.microsoft.com/trustcenter/privacy/where-your-data-is-located).

Microsoft identity platform

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Tenant inaccessible due to inactivity

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Configured tenants no longer in use might still generate costs for your organization. Making a tenant inaccessible due to inactivity helps reduce unnecessary expenses. This article discusses how to handle an inaccessible tenant, reactivation, and guidance for both administrators and application developers.

Deactivate an app registration

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Learn how to deactivate an app registration in Microsoft Entra ID to prevent token issuance while preserving application configuration.

General

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Whats New Linux

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This article provides information about the latest updates to Microsoft single sign-on for Linux.

Provisioning

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Open Text Directory Services Provisioning Tutorial

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1. Sign in to the [Microsoft Entra admin center](https://entra.microsoft.com) as at least a [Cloud Application Administrator](~/identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference.md#cloud-application-administrator).

Troubleshooting

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Troubleshoot Alerts

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Upon successful onboarding, Domain Services back fills synchronized users and groups with the onboarded custom attribute values. The custom attribute values appear gradually, depending on the size of the tenant. To check the backfill status, go to [Domain Services Health](check-health.md) and verify the **Synchronization with Microsoft Entra ID** monitor timestamp has updated within the last hour.

Fundamentals

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What is Transport Layer Security Inspection?

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The Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol uses certificates at the transport layer to ensure the privacy, integrity, and authenticity of data exchanged between two communicating parties. While TLS secures legitimate traffic, malicious traffic like malware and data leakage attacks can still hide behind encryption. The Microsoft Entra Internet Access TLS inspection capability provides visibility into encrypted traffic by making content available for enhanced protection, such as malware detection, data loss prevention, prompt inspection, and other advanced security controls. This article gives an overview of the TLS inspection process.

Security

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Verifiable credentials admin API

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The Microsoft Entra Verified ID Admin API enables you to manage all aspects of the Verifiable Credential service. It offers a way to set up a brand new service, manage and create Verifiable Credential contracts, revoke Verifiable Credentials, and completely opt out of the service.

Plan Verification Solution

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Microsoft’s Microsoft Entra Verified ID (Microsoft Entra VC) service enables you to trust proofs of user identity without expanding your trust boundary. With Microsoft Entra VC, you create accounts or federate with another identity provider. When a solution implements a verification exchange using verifiable credentials, it enables applications to request credentials that aren't bound to a specific domain. This approach makes it easier to request and verify credentials at scale.

General

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Whats New

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- Entra Verified ID is supported on Microsoft GCC environments.

Architecture

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Authentication

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Developer

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Fundamentals

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Fundamentals

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What Is Entra

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**For example**, GitHub Actions need a workload identity to access Azure subscriptions to automate, customize, and execute software development workflows.