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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 09-22-2020 08:15 AM

We're excited to be joining you virtually at Microsoft Ignite and sharing several exciting Azure AD announcements.

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AzureADTeam on 09-17-2020 01:00 PM

Azure AD entitlement management helps organizations manage their access lifecycle at scale by automating request workflo...

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Sue Bohn on 09-09-2020 09:00 AM

Azure Active Directory works with F5 BIG-IP APM to create a more secure, remote sign in experience across cloud apps and...

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Sue Bohn on 09-02-2020 09:00 AM

In a Zero Trust security model, identities and devices are verified before gaining accessing.

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 09-01-2020 09:00 AM

Secure access for all users and protect consumer identities with Identity Protection across both Azure AD and Azure AD B...

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 08-13-2020 01:00 PM

Azure AD now supports assigning groups to roles.

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AzureADTeam on 08-13-2020 11:00 AM

Results from a Forrester TEI study show benefits to customers who secure apps with Azure AD.

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 08-11-2020 09:00 AM

With the GA of the client apps condition in Conditional Access, new policies will better protect organizations by applyi...

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 08-06-2020 09:00 AM

New enhancements to help manage and secure your SAP environments with Azure AD

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Sue Bohn on 08-04-2020 09:00 AM

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 08-03-2020 11:00 AM

Microsoft Authenticator app lock now enabled by default

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 08-03-2020 09:00 AM

With “My Sign-Ins”, users can now report suspicious activity on their accounts.

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Sue Bohn on 07-31-2020 12:00 PM

We're back with another mailbag to answer your questions regarding Azure AD Identity Protection.

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 07-29-2020 09:00 AM

Many of you are already using App Proxy for apps hosted on RDS and you can now enforce pre-authentication and Conditiona...

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Sue Bohn on 07-21-2020 09:00 AM

Join us at Microsoft Inspire 2020 and learn about the ways you can, extend, connect, and grow your business with Azure A...

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Sue Bohn on 07-13-2020 11:00 AM

With Zscaler, Johnson Controls employees can securely access on-premises apps without signing into a VPN.

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 07-13-2020 09:00 AM

Your journey to cloud authentication is now even easier.

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Sue Bohn on 07-10-2020 01:00 PM

We're back with another mailbag focusing on your common questions on access reviews, an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD...

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 07-01-2020 09:00 AM

Learn about June enhancements to Microsoft identity, including admin, developer, and end-user experiences.

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AzureADTeam on 06-29-2020 09:00 AM

Join us at Identiverse Virtual 2020 and get insights into the future of identity from our experts.

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Sue Bohn on 06-25-2020 09:00 AM

Quadra built a thriving security practice by providing meaningful insights that help customers better secure their envir...

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 06-24-2020 05:00 AM

Use the power of web APIs to customize and extend self-service sign-up for external users.

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 06-22-2020 09:00 AM

Take advantage of all the identity features available in our platform, by using the Microsoft Authentication Library (MS...

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Sue Bohn on 06-18-2020 09:00 AM

Women in Cloud is a community-led economic development initiative that strives to help women entrepreneurs create $1 bil...

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Pamela Dingle on 06-16-2020 09:00 AM

In this fifth episode of Inside Identity, Pam Dingle and Andrew Shikiar from FIDO Alliance discuss how passwordless solu...

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Sue Bohn on 06-12-2020 09:00 AM

The Mailbag is back to answer the most common questions on device-based Conditional Access for remote work.

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 06-11-2020 09:00 AM

Streamline HR and IT processes with new Workday and Azure AD integration scenarios

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 06-10-2020 09:00 AM

Over the last few months, there has been significant progress in development of open standards and implementation of int...

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 05-29-2020 09:00 AM

Announcing the general availability of manage authentication sessions in Azure AD

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AzureADTeam on 05-28-2020 04:30 PM

Use this Zero Trust deployment guide to monitor your endpoints and only allow trusted devices to access corporate resour...

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in Microsoft Authenticator app lock now enabled by default on 09-23-2020

I wonder how the "App Lock on by default" will be handled in subsequent updates to the Authenticator app. Basically, if we have manually disabled after the initial force in the latest update, and then the app updates to a future version, will App Lock be forced on again? I know this is a hypothetica...

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in End users can now report “This wasn’t me” for unusual sign-in activity on 09-23-2020

@robynhicock it looks a lot better now; only the timestamp is not yet translated

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in Microsoft Authenticator app lock now enabled by default on 09-23-2020

Hi Dave, Yes, this has worked. Thanks so much! It has been a great help. However, (I am writing this in the hope that Microsoft takes note) I strongly think that this should be an 'opt in' feature rather than an 'opt out' one. I work from home, my computer never leaves the house, and the chance of a...

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in What's new in Azure Active Directory at Microsoft Ignite 2020 on 09-22-2020

Hi Alex and team.Our company is using Azure application proxy for a number of mission critical apps and we like it a lot.Thousands of our employees use it daily and it made them more productive (no more VPN).However, there is a problem with a product.Our security team recently found out that Azure p...

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in Microsoft Authenticator app lock now enabled by default on 09-22-2020

Stella,I had the same issue with several of our employees, and I had to shut the phone down completely, then power it up and told the employee to remove the security lock code before doing anything else, and then the could disable the app lock. Once the app lock was disabled, I had the employee go b...

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