Microsoft Entra ID: App Property Locks Expand
Microsoft Entra ID updates for October 2026 cover app property locks, External ID passkey APIs, Connect Health permissions, and provisioning rules.
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Entra ID What’s New covers Microsoft Entra ID month by month: GA waves, previews, identity governance, conditional access changes, and the migration deadlines you cannot afford to miss. It is written for identity admins and security architects. Published monthly by Kevin Kaminski of Big Hat Group.
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- Entra ID What's New: SSPR Enforcement, Passkey Campaigns, SCIM
- Entra ID What's New: Access Reviews GA, Passwordless Teams
- Entra ID What's New: B2B Passkeys, Defender XDR Identity, Cloud Sync Reverse
- Entra ID What's New: Linux Broker 2.0.2, Cloud Sync AD Provisioning, GSA Auto-Update
- Microsoft Entra Late August 2026: Azure DevOps MCP Server GA Exposes Entra ID Authentication Gap, CVE-2026-69836 Status Finalized
- Microsoft Entra Late August 2026: External ID Passkey APIs, GSA macOS Update, and Token Protection Reaches Apple GA
- Microsoft Entra ID August 22, 2026: CVE-2026-69836 Exploitation Status Corrected, B2B Passkeys Confirmed for October, Multi-Tenant Agent Management Hits Preview
- Microsoft Entra ID Late August 2026: Critical Zero-Click RCE Exploited, CSS Branding Retirement Expands, WHfB Standalone MFA
- Microsoft Entra ID August 19 2026: GSA Web Filtering Migration Guide, GitHub FIC Immutable Claims, and Authentication Documentation Updates
- Microsoft Entra ID August 15 2026: SMS First-Factor Retired for Free Tenants, Workload Identity Federation Tutorials, and Agent ID Guidance Updates
- Microsoft Entra ID August 10 2026: Tenant Governance GA, Lifecycle Workflows Enhancements, and Defender AI Agent Protection
- Microsoft Entra ID August 9 2026: Agent ID for Dataverse, Managed Policies Review Window, and CSP Security Add-Ons
- Microsoft Entra ID August 8 2026: Passkeys as First MFA, MCP Firewall Preview, and Token Protection for Web Apps
- Microsoft Entra ID Early August 2026: MemberOf Retirement, Passkey Adoption Campaigns, and Zero Trust VPN Replacement
- Microsoft Entra ID August 2026: Cloud Sync Device Sync Preview, Security Group Nesting Controls, SMS Opt-Out API, and More
- Microsoft Entra ID Late July 2026: Passkey Registration Optimizations, Tenant Governance, Kerberos RC4 Final Enforcement, and Entra-Defender Convergence
- Microsoft Entra ID: Risk Policy Retirement, Passkey CVE
- Microsoft Entra ID July 24 2026: AI Agent Sprawl Realities and SAP Identity Modernization
- Microsoft Entra ID July 22 2026: Branded Sign-in CSS Retirement, B2C Migration Policy Analyzer GA
- Microsoft Entra ID Late July 2026: Passkeys on Windows GA, Mandatory Agent IDs, Network DLP, and Identity Risk Scoring
- Microsoft Entra ID Late July 2026: SharePoint OTP Retirement Update, Cloud Sync Migration Begins, Teams Rooms Go Passwordless
- Microsoft Entra ID Mid-July 2026: SSO Admin Controls, Connect Sync Passkeys, MCP Authorization, and Directory Encryption
- Microsoft Entra ID July 2026: Passkeys Become Default as SMS/Voice MFA Faces Retirement
- Microsoft Entra ID July 2026 Updates: Audit Log Enhancements, Federation Security, App Lock Defaults, and Graph API Innovations
- Microsoft Entra July 2026: Agent Identity Governance, PIM Custom Extensions, and Network-Layer Data Protection
- Microsoft Entra ID July 2026: Built-in Backup, AI Agent Conditional Access, and BYOD Goes GA
- Microsoft Entra ID June 2026: Connect Security, SAP Modernization, and Smarter Monitoring
- Microsoft Entra ID: Passwordless Is Now Default as Microsoft Converges Identity Governance
- Microsoft Entra ID April GA Wave: CBA Expansions, SSE Maturation, and New Governance Controls
- Microsoft Entra ID April 2026: 11 New General Availability Announcements That Matter