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Microsoft sets February 2027 deadline for SMS first-factor sign-in retirement

Microsoft’s major update sets a worldwide February 1, 2027 start date for retiring SMS first-factor sign-in in Microsoft Entra ID workforce tenants. The period also adds preview-oriented ID Governance guidance for access drift and records the coming deprecation path for the AD FS Risky IP report. Most remaining changes refresh Microsoft Entra Connect Health navigation, monitoring, and troubleshooting procedures.

  • A Microsoft 365 Message Center major update says SMS first-factor sign-in will be retired for Microsoft Entra ID workforce tenants worldwide starting February 1, 2027. Microsoft advises identifying affected users, migrating them to phishing-resistant methods such as passkeys, and updating policies to prevent sign-in disruption.

  • The updated guidance describes preview drift reports for groups and enterprise applications, including detection, remediation, export, refresh timing, and limitations. Viewing or downloading the reports requires Microsoft Entra ID Governance or Microsoft Entra Suite licensing and an appropriate directory role.

  • The Risky IP report guidance now notes that the AD FS report is being deprecated and points administrators to the Risky IP report workbook. It also documents Download Manager as the export path and limits export requests to one per hour.

  • The updated sync-error procedure directs administrators to find affected objects, open Error Details, select Troubleshoot, review proposed resolutions, and apply supported fixes. Cases outside the supported workflow still require manual resolution.

  • The new overview defines access drift, account discovery, access package drift detection, and enforcement and remediation approaches for unmanaged, missing, or orphaned access, including tenant-wide analysis through drift reports.

This period briefing was generated by AI from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.

12 updates

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Connect Health Adfs

Doc update

The documentation now describes the AD FS service overview, updated alert filtering and details, and the revised Usage Analytics experience with time-range controls. Screenshots and metadata were also refreshed.

Connect Health Data Retrieval

Doc update

The guide now uses the Microsoft Entra Connect Health Sync errors area to access notification settings, review Global Administrator and custom recipients, and export recorded sync errors as a CSV from the command bar.

Health service data isn't up to date alert

Doc update

The page now explains selecting an alert row to view its details, including detection times, affected servers, resolution guidance, and related documentation. It also replaces the alert screenshot and improves image descriptions.

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The Risky IP report

Retirement

The documentation now notes that the AD FS Risky IP report is being deprecated and links to the Risky IP report workbook. It also updates portal navigation, export handling, notification settings, and threshold guidance.

Using Microsoft Entra Connect Health with AD DS

Doc update

The guide now documents the updated service overview, alert details and search, domain controller filtering and column options, replication error details, and 24-hour authentication performance charts.

Sla Performance

Doc update

The August row on the SLA performance reference page now shows 99.999% in the previously blank final metric column.

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Diagnose and remediate duplicated attribute sync errors

Doc update

The article now documents the guided workflow for duplicate-attribute errors, including finding affected objects, opening Error Details, using Troubleshoot, reviewing proposed resolutions, and applying supported fixes. Status descriptions and diagnostic images were also updated.

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View reports and logs in entitlement management

New feature

The documentation adds access package drift reporting for groups and enterprise applications, including detection, remediation, export, roles, licensing, refresh timing, and limitations. The reports are in preview.

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