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👉 Microsoft Entra in Action: From Conditional Access to Identity Protection
You're absolutely right in highlighting how Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and Identity Protection are transforming security without hindering user experience. In the broader context of Microsoft Entra, these three elements indeed form a powerful trio—what additional Entra capabilities are worth your attention.
What Other Entra Capabilities Are Making an Impact?
Authentication Context + Conditional Access + PIM
By combining Authentication Context with PIM and Conditional Access, organizations can impose granular, scenario-specific controls—for example, enforcing stricter requirements (like MFA and device compliance) only during privileged role activations. This delivers a highly secure, audit-friendly, and flexible access model.
Entitlement Management & Access Reviews
Entra’s Entitlement Management allows creation of access packages—bundles of resources assigned via automated, approval-based workflows. Users request access via self-service, and Access Reviews ensure permissions are periodically validated or revoked as needed, supporting least privilege and compliance.
Community insights underscore their value:
“Access Reviews provide an automated, data-driven solution… remove unused permissions effortlessly… align access with Zero Trust principles.”
Microsoft Entra Suite (Integrated Zero Trust)
For a more holistic identity and network protection framework, the Entra Suite offers advanced coverage—Private Access (replacing legacy VPNs), Internet Access (secure web gateway), ID Governance, ID Protection, and Verified ID. It enables consistent enforcement of least privilege across both identity and network layers.
Identity Secure Score Recommendations
Entra offers actionable recommendations—like enforcing MFA for administrative roles, blocking legacy authentication, protecting users based on risk signals, and enabling self-service password reset—to strengthen identity posture as part of a Zero Trust strategy.
From your lab experience, it's clear why Conditional Access, PIM, and Identity Protection stand out—they enable Zero Trust principles, threat awareness, and frictionless security.
But if you're looking to expand that foundation, adding Entitlement Management, Access Reviews, Authentication Context, and the broader Entra Suite pays dividends—enabling smarter governance, automation, and true end-to-end protection.