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Alex Weinert on 10-26-2020 10:00 AM

In password spray attacks, bad actors try a few common passwords against many accounts from different organizations.

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Alex Weinert on 10-22-2020 09:30 AM

We're excited to announce a redesign of the Microsoft account security page which simplifies the security controls for y...

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 10-19-2020 01:03 PM

We’ve made several changes to identity provisioning in Azure AD over the past several months, based on your input and fe...

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 10-13-2020 09:00 AM

With the GA of the Conditional Access API, organizations will be able to manage Conditional Access Policies just like co...

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

Moving towards real time policy and security enforcement with continuous access evaluation.

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Joy_Chik on 10-08-2020 01:30 PM

In honor of Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) 20, we are spotlighting our very own, software industry veteran Sue Bohn.

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 10-08-2020 09:00 AM

Today we're announcing GA of Conditional Access for the Office 365 Suite!

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Alex Simons (AZURE) on 10-07-2020 09:00 AM

Learn about additional steps we're taking to increase security and transparency in our app ecosystem.

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Sue Bohn on 09-24-2020 09:00 AM

Microsoft Identity partnerships complement Azure AD to help you sustain productivity, strengthen security, and reduce co...

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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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in Simplified Microsoft Account Security page is live! on 10-28-2020

Great work! @Alex Weinert In general, do you often see the consumer identity part as a big test out phase before delivering the same features to enterprise? For example, in consumer when using MFA you need to select one out of three values posted in the AUthenticator app when logging in. Should we e...

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in Advancing Password Spray Attack Detection on 10-27-2020

Hi Alex, this is a great new detection, we are seeing this alert in production customer subscriptions. We have pointed out guidance like this to customers: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/04/23/protecting-organization-password-spray-attacks/. Other than a constant reminder of the threat...

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in Continuous Access Evaluation in Azure AD is now in public preview! on 10-22-2020

Glad to see this has moved to Pubic Preview. Does limiting the scope of CAE to users in a group also apply to users in nested groups?

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in Microsoft Authenticator app lock now enabled by default on 10-22-2020

Microsoft Team, Is there a possibility to have an app configuration policy that will allow me to force it on or off in Intune? The loop issue has become more prevalent with my users and is a bit of a frustration that it was forced on without consent.

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in Announcing the public preview of Azure AD support for FIDO2-based passwordless sign-in on 10-22-2020

Why can't users when registering for MFA not directly select for a security key (fido) as part of the MFA enrollment as an option?Now only Phone/Text or Mobile App are available as options, but you cannot select the Security Key during enrollment.Once MFA Enrolled you can add the security key as an ...

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