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Microsoft has opened a long-awaited door: you can now switch a synced user's Source of Authority (SoA) from AD DS to Microsoft Entra ID without delete/recreate gymnastics. It's designed for "road-to-cloud" programs where you want to retire on-premises user management but keep identities, GUIDs, and...

On lacking feature in Lifecycle Workflows used to be the option to address other people than the user's manager when sending mail.

I usually set up a reminder before a user's end date is about to occure, to make sure that an incorrect end date doesn't offboard a user by accident.

Previously, the...

Entitlement Management has a distinct separation of being an approver or access reviewer, and being able to manage who holds those roles. If you are an approver or reviewer and need to delegate it to other people, temporary or on a permanent basis, you have been dependent on contacting someone with...

If you’ve worked with on-prem Active Directory for a while, you’ve probably seen passwords stored in user attributes and notes, especially for service accounts and shared accounts.

Microsoft Defender for Identity...

The feature to change Source of Authority (SOA) for AD groups synced to Entra ID is currently in public preview. This is very useful for organizations on the their cloud first journey, as it makes it easy to transition existing groups in Active Directory to be managed in Entra ID.

It is especially...

Microsoft Entra ID includes a Self-Service Purchase and Subscription feature that allows users to acquire Microsoft 365 and Power Platform licenses without IT intervention. While this can empower teams to move quickly, it can also lead to unmanaged costs and compliance issues if left unchecked.

In...