Week in brief

Conditional Access optimization agent preview and Apple Secure Enclave registration rules are the week’s most consequential Entra updates

The week of 4 August 2025 was overwhelmingly a Microsoft Learn documentation cycle: 170 updates, one new item, two removals, and no Message Center entries. The meaningful exceptions are documentation for the Conditional Access optimization agent’s phased rollout, an explicit Secure Enclave requirement for new Apple device registrations, a Group Source of Authority workflow marked Preview, and clarified staged-rollout guidance for moving federated domains to cloud authentication. The supplied evidence does not establish a general-availability launch, tenant-wide deployment, or retirement for these items.

  • Several updated Entra ID and Security Copilot pages cover the Conditional Access optimization agent, including a page explicitly titled “phased rollout (preview),” guidance for viewing logs and metrics, instructions for reviewing and applying suggestions, and integration material for Microsoft Security Copilot. This supports a documented preview and operating model, not evidence of a general-availability release or automatic application of recommendations.

  • Updated Apple SSO Plugin content says Microsoft Entra ID is transitioning device identity-key storage from Apple’s Keychain to Secure Enclave and that, beginning July 2025, new device registrations require Secure Enclave. A related update clarifies that the relevant setting applies to a new registration and does not affect already registered devices unless they re-register. This is a documented registration and security-behavior change, not a new launch in this reporting week.

  • The updated “Configure Group Source of Authority (SOA) in Microsoft Entra ID (Preview)” page describes converting group management from Active Directory Domain Services to Microsoft Entra ID, with related SOA guidance also updated. The evidence establishes the workflow’s purpose and preview status, but not general availability, automatic migration, or a change to existing group authority.

  • The updated migration guidance describes Staged Rollout as a temporary testing mechanism for federated domains. Administrators can test cloud authentication with a user group before transitioning the entire domain from federated to managed, validating areas such as Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication, Conditional Access, Identity Protection for leaked credentials, Identity Governance, and user experience. This is migration guidance rather than evidence that any domain was converted.

  • Updated ID Protection material describes a Security Copilot scenario that summarizes in natural language why a user’s risk level was elevated. Related pages introduce Security Copilot in Microsoft Entra, cover employee-lifecycle scenarios, and provide Responsible AI FAQ content. The supplied evidence describes the scenario but gives no availability, licensing, or risk-scoring change, so it should not be treated as a newly announced service capability.

For Entra administrators

Focus review on areas relevant to your environment. Teams evaluating the Conditional Access optimization agent can use the documented logs, metrics, and suggestion-review guidance, but should not infer automatic deployment or general availability. Apple fleet administrators should account for Secure Enclave on new registrations and the stated re-registration behavior. Teams planning federation or group-management changes can use the staged testing and preview guidance without treating the documentation updates as evidence that a migration has occurred.

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

Updates this week

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Migrate your Node.js application from ADAL to MSAL

Updated

How to update your existing Node.js application to use the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for authentication and authorization instead of the Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL).

7 August 2025

Tokens and claims overview

Updated

Learn how Microsoft Entra tenants publish metadata for authentication and authorization endpoints, scopes, and claims.

7 August 2025

Authentication flow support in MSAL

Updated

Learn about the authentication flows supported by MSAL, such as authorization code, client credentials, and device code, to secure your apps effectively.

7 August 2025

Authentication vs. authorization

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Understand the fundamentals of authentication, authorization, and how the Microsoft identity platform simplifies these processes for developers.

7 August 2025

Client application configuration (MSAL)

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Learn about configuration options for public client and confidential client applications using the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL).

7 August 2025

Custom claims provider overview

Updated

Conceptual article describing the custom claims provider as part of the custom authentication extension framework.

7 August 2025

Integrate

Updated

Learn the benefits of integrating your application with the Microsoft identity platform, and get resources for features like simplified sign-in, identity management, multifactor authentication, and access control.

7 August 2025

Introduction to identity

Updated

Learn the fundamental concepts of identity and access management (IAM). Learn about identities, resources, authentication, authorization, permissions, identity providers, and more.

7 August 2025

Microsoft identity platform authentication libraries

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List of client libraries and middleware compatible with the Microsoft identity platform. Use these libraries to add support for user sign-in (authentication) and protected web API access (authorization) to your applications.

7 August 2025

Microsoft Identity Platform Glossary

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

7 August 2025

Overview of the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL)

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The Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) enables application developers to acquire tokens in order to call secured web APIs. These web APIs can be the Microsoft Graph, other Microsoft APIs, third-party web APIs, or your own web API. MSAL supports multiple application architectures and platforms.

7 August 2025

Quickstart V2 Nodejs Webapp Msal

Updated

In this quickstart, you learn how to implement authentication with a Node.js web app and the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for Node.js.

7 August 2025

Troubleshoot a custom authentication extension

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Troubleshoot and monitor your custom claims provider API. Learn how to use logging and Microsoft Entra sign-in logs to find errors and issues in your custom claims provider API.

7 August 2025

What is identity and access management (IAM)?

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Learn what identity and access management (IAM) is, why it's important, and how it works. Learn about authentication and authorization, single sign-on (SSO), and multifactor authentication (MFA). Learn about SAML, Open ID Connect (OIDC), and OAuth 2.0 and other authentication and authorization standards, tokens, and more.

7 August 2025

Quickstart V2 Nodejs Desktop

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In this quickstart, you learn how a Node.js Electron desktop application can sign-in users and get an access token to call an API protected by a Microsoft identity platform endpoint

7 August 2025

Run automated integration tests

Updated

Learn how to run automated integration tests as a user against APIs protected by the Microsoft identity platform. Use the Resource Owner Password Credential Grant (ROPC) auth flow to sign in as a user instead of automating the interactive sign-in prompt UI.

7 August 2025

Authentication External Method Manage

Updated

When a user signs in, a registration wizard helps them register the EAMs they're enabled to use. If they are enabled for other authentication methods, they might need to select **I want to set up a different method** > **External Auth methods** to proceed. They need to authenticate with their EAM provider to register the EAM in Microsoft Entra ID.

6 August 2025
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Whats New Docs

Updated

Welcome to what's new in the Microsoft identity platform documentation. This article lists new articles that were added or had significant updates in the last three months.

9 August 2025

Msal Net Adoption Steps Public Clients

Updated

Include file that explains the common steps you need to take for all public client apps when it comes to migration from ADAL to MSAL.

7 August 2025

Set up a test environment for your app

Updated

Learn how to set up a Microsoft Entra test environment so you can test your application integrated with Microsoft identity platform. Evaluate whether you need a separate tenant for testing or if you can use your production tenant.

7 August 2025

Access token claims reference

Updated

Claims reference with details on the claims included in access tokens issued by the Microsoft identity platform.

7 August 2025

Application model

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

7 August 2025

Call a web API from a web app

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Learn how to build a web app that calls protected web APIs using the Microsoft identity platform. Explore options for ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET, Java, Node.js, and Python.

7 August 2025

Claims customization

Updated

Learn about the custom claims policy and claims mapping policy types, which are used to modify the claims emitted in tokens in the Microsoft identity platform.

7 August 2025

Configure optional claims

Updated

Learn how to configure optional claims and attributes in access tokens issued by Microsoft identity platform; optional claims can add useful user information for your app.

7 August 2025

ID token claims reference

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Learn the details of the claims included in ID tokens issued by the Microsoft identity platform.

7 August 2025

Optional claims reference

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Claims reference with details on the optional claims that can be included in tokens in the Microsoft identity platform.

7 August 2025

Quickstart V2 Nodejs Console

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In this quickstart, you download and run a code sample that shows how a Node.js console application can get an access token and call an API protected by a Microsoft identity platform endpoint, using the app's own identity

7 August 2025

Register a web app that calls web APIs

Updated

Learn how to register a web app that calls web APIs. Configure client secrets and delegated permissions with the Microsoft identity platform.

7 August 2025

Register a web app that signs in users

Updated

Learn how to register a web app that signs in users using the Microsoft identity platform with step-by-step guidance for various frameworks.

7 August 2025

Web API that calls web APIs

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Build a web API that calls other APIs using the Microsoft identity platform. Learn how to acquire tokens and make secure API calls.

7 August 2025
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Group Source Of Authority Configure

Updated

The following table explains the status for **isCloudManaged** and **onPremisesSyncEnabled** attributes after you convert the SOA of an object.

8 August 2025

Intacct Tutorial

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a. In the **Identifier (Entity ID)** text box, type a unique identifier for your Sage Intacct company, with the following format:

8 August 2025

Tutorial - Clean up resources

Updated

In this tutorial, you learn how to clean up the Azure resources allocated while creating the web app.

7 August 2025

Apple Sso Plugin

Updated

> For this flag to take effect, it must be applied to a new registration. It will not impact devices that have already been registered unless they re-register.

6 August 2025

Apple Sso Plugin

Updated

In March 2024, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Entra ID will transition from using Apple’s Keychain to Apple’s Secure Enclave for storing device identity keys. Beginning July 2025, new device registrations will require Secure Enclave for key storage.

5 August 2025
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Add app roles and get them from a token

Updated

Learn how to add app roles to an application registered in Microsoft Entra ID. Assign users and groups to these roles, and receive them in the 'roles' claim in the token.

7 August 2025

Configure app multi-instancing

Updated

Learn about multi-instancing, which is needed for configuring multiple instances of the same application within a tenant.

7 August 2025
8

Copilot Entra Security Scenarios

Updated

- [Privileged Identity Management (PIM)](#privileged-identity-management-pim): Manage and monitor privileged access in your organization using natural language queries.

6 August 2025

Whats New

Updated

A Microsoft Entra documentation page was updated: Whats New.

5 August 2025
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Purpose:

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7 August 2025

Purpose:

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7 August 2025

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7 August 2025

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7 August 2025
5

Migrate to cloud authentication using Staged Rollout

Updated

Staged rollout (SRO) is intended as a temporary testing mechanism for organizations with federated domains and allows to test cloud authentication with a group of users before [transitioning the entire domain from federated to managed](./migrate-from-federation-to-cloud-authentication.md#convert-domains-from-federated-to-managed). These features include Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication, Conditional Access, Identity Protection for leaked credentials, Identity Governance, and more. This approach allows you to validate functionality and user experience before fully transitioning your domains from federated to managed.

7 August 2025
5

Dmarcian Tutorial

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7. On the **Set up Single Sign-On with SAML** page, In the **SAML Signing Certificate** section, select copy button to copy **App Federation Metadata Url**, open it in a new browser tab, download the content of the page as an XML file and save it on your computer.

8 August 2025

Configurable Token Lifetimes

Updated

Learn how to configure token lifetimes for access, SAML, and ID tokens in Microsoft Identity Platform to enhance security.

7 August 2025

Customize SAML token claims

Updated

Learn how to customize the claims issued by Microsoft identity platform in the SAML token for enterprise applications.

7 August 2025

Configure the role claim

Updated

Learn how to configure the role claim issued in the SAML token for enterprise applications in Microsoft Entra ID.

7 August 2025

SAML 2.0 token claims reference

Updated

Claims reference with details on the claims included in SAML 2.0 tokens issued by the Microsoft identity platform, including their JWT equivalents.

7 August 2025
2

Sla Performance

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| April | 99.999% | 99.999% | 99.999% | 99.999% | 99.999%*|

5 August 2025
2

Tutorial Group Provisioning

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:::image type="content" source="media/tutorial-group-provision/verify.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the newly provisioned group." lightbox="media/tutorial-group-provision/verify.png":::

8 August 2025
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ZTLS

New

A Microsoft Entra documentation page was updated: ZTLS.

9 August 2025

ZTLS

Removed

A Microsoft Entra documentation page was updated: ZTLS.

9 August 2025
7

Copilot Entra Security Scenarios

Updated

:::image type="content" source="./media/copilot-entra-risky-user-summarization/risky-user-details.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the ID Protection risky user summarization details.":::

9 August 2025

Identity Protection B2b

Updated

Learn how to use Microsoft Entra ID Protection for B2B users to secure your organization. Discover benefits and steps to unblock accounts.

7 August 2025
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Tenant Restrictions V2

Updated

When you enable tenant restrictions on a Windows device, corporate proxies aren't required for policy enforcement. Devices don't need to be Microsoft Entra ID managed to enforce tenant restrictions v2. Domain-joined devices that are managed with Group Policy are also supported.

7 August 2025
1

Quickstart Native Authentication Single Page App Sdk Sign In

Updated

* A user flow. For more information, see [create self-service sign-up user flows for apps in external tenants](../external-id/customers/how-to-user-flow-sign-up-sign-in-customers.md). Under **Identity providers**, select your preferred method of authentication, that's, **Email with password** or **Email one-time passcode**. For this code sample, you can include the following user attributes in your user flow as the app submit these attributes:

9 August 2025
1

Remove Client Secret

Updated

If you've a client secret already in place for your application, you need to delete it to avoid a malicious application for impersonating your application:

7 August 2025
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Cross Tenant Access Overview

Updated

For more information, see the [Configure Microsoft cloud settings for B2B collaboration](cross-cloud-settings.md) article.

7 August 2025
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