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Temporary Access Pass in Microsoft Entra ID: onboard and recover users without passwords
  • Identity & Access

Temporary Access Pass in Entra ID: Onboard and Recover Users Without Passwords

What a Temporary Access Pass in Microsoft Entra ID is and is not, the settings that matter, three scenarios where it helps
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A 90-day passkey rollout plan for Microsoft Entra ID, admin side and user side
  • Identity & Access

A 90-Day Passkey Rollout Plan for Microsoft Entra ID: the Admin Side and the User Side

A 90-day passkey rollout plan for Microsoft Entra ID: what admins configure, how users register and recover, and when to enforce phishing-resistant
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Agentic insiders: how to secure your AI agents, with four responsibilities: know, contain, protect and adapt
  • AI Security

Agentic Insiders: How to Secure the AI Agents Already Working Inside Your Organization

Microsoft now calls AI agents "agentic insiders". What it announced on October 19, what you can use today and a 30-day plan
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An AI agent identity linked to a sponsor, access policies and a lifecycle
  • AI Security

AI Agent Identity: Who Controls Your AI Agents, and How to Prove It

Every AI agent needs its own identity, a sponsor and least-privilege access. How Microsoft Entra Agent ID works and how to control
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Microsoft Entra SMS and voice MFA retirement timeline and the two paths: telephony provider or passkeys
  • Identity & Access

Microsoft Entra Is Retiring SMS and Voice MFA: Telephony Provider or Passkeys?

Microsoft stops sending Entra MFA texts and calls on Feb 1, 2027. Compare a telephony provider vs. passkeys, costs, risks and how
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Map of where shadow AI agents hide in a Microsoft 365 tenant
  • AI Security

Shadow AI Agents: Where They Hide in Microsoft 365 and How to Find Them

Agents from Copilot Studio, partners and laptops pile up fast. Where shadow AI agents hide in Microsoft 365 and a 4-step plan
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Microsoft Agent 365 as a control plane to observe, govern and secure AI agents
  • AI Security

What Is Microsoft Agent 365? What It Does, What It Costs and Where to Start

What Microsoft Agent 365 does, what is free vs. licensed, and a 30-day plan to start governing AI agents. A practical guide
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Conditional Access authentication strength requiring phishing-resistant MFA
  • Identity & Access

Conditional Access Authentication Strengths: How to Require Phishing-Resistant MFA

Authentication strengths let Conditional Access require specific sign-in methods. Use the built-in Phishing-resistant MFA strength, tested in report-only mode and rolled out
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Passwordless readiness checklist for Microsoft Entra ID
  • Identity & Access

Are Your Users Ready for Passwordless? A Readiness Checklist for Microsoft Entra ID

Your organization is ready for passwordless when you know who still uses SMS or voice, every persona has a supported passkey, devices
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