Microsoft enforcement of mandatory MFA

As part of the Microsoft Secure Future Initiative Microsoft have started enforcing the use of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for all users when accessing certain portals and services. First in line to be included are Azure portals and services, with Microsoft 365 following in 2025. Enforcement phases Beginning October 2024, Microsoft started phase 1, where MFA… Read More »

Microsoft removes inactive Azure subscriptions

As part of the Secure Future Initiative, starting November 2024, Microsoft will block and finally delete inactive Azure subscriptions. This includes both Azure subscriptions purchased using a credit card and Azure subscriptions provided through CSP partners. Azure subscriptions are considered inactive, when there has been no activity, consumption, or support cases for more than 12… Read More »

Organizational messages in Microsoft 365

As part of the Microsoft 365 Roadmap (ID 392847), Microsoft have introduced a preview for Organizational messages. The preview rolled out during May 2024, with expected general availability by mid-December 2024. Organizational messages offers a new way of enhancing information to the Microsoft 365 end-users, through targeted, branded and customized messages within apps, ensuring important information… Read More »

License assignment moving to Microsoft 365 Admin Center

Effectively 01. September 2024, Microsoft removes the options to do license assignment through the Microsoft Entra ID and the Microsoft Azure portals. From this date, administrators must instead use the Microsoft 365 Admin Center to manage license assignments for users and groups. Note:This change is limited to the graphical user interface, and access to do… Read More »

Retirement of Azure AD Graph API and legacy Powershell modules from 30. June 2023

Beginning 30. June 2023, Microsoft start the planned retirement of the Azure AD Graph service and three PowerShell modules; Azure AD, Azure AD-Preview and MS Online. Although applications using Azure AD Graph APIs will continue to work after 30. June 2023, there will be no service level agreement or maintenance commitment beyond security-related fixes. The… Read More »

Azure AD Cross-tenant synchronization in public preview

Microsoft opened the public preview for the new cross-tenant synchronization, which enables automatic provisioning and lifecycle management of user accounts across tenants. This function simplifies a number of the previous challenges for multi-tenant organizations that need close collaboration between employees with easy sharing of both data and applications across tenants. This new feature expands the… Read More »

More integrated cross-tenant collaboration options in Azure AD

Microsoft recently introduced new features that will enable organizations to get a more integrated collaboration and trust experience between multiple Azure AD tenants. Azure AD now include the B2B direct connect feature that allow you to configure a mutual trust relationship with another Azure AD organization for more seamless and integrated collaboration. Currently, this feature… Read More »