Force user to reset password in hybrid
Hi, we work in a hybrid environment at the moment, and it has been discovered that if you are using classic AD and reset a user's password and leave the tick-box saying user must change password at next logon, the password reset works! But, if you were to select the tick-box with the intention to make the user change their password, the password does not get reset and the user never gets asked to reset their password? Also, if you try and reset the user's password on AAD, you get the following error message: Because we cannot force the user to reset their password by AD or AAD, we have to tell the user to do it themselves by the classic Ctrl-Alt-Del method or set their personal password for them over the phone. So, what my question is, is why can I not force the user to change their password from either AD or AAD?Azure Active Directory | Workbooks | Sign-In Analysis (Preview: AAD & AD FS)
This workbook will help you analyze your organization's sign-ins for both Azure AD and AD FS Sign-Ins This workbook will show you the General Analysis and Error Analysis. General Analysis: :pushpin: Sign-in Activity Summary :pushpin: Sign-in Analysis by Location :pushpin: Sign-in Analysis by Device Error Analysis: :pushpin: Sign-in Activity Summary :pushpin: Top Sign-In Errors by User or IP
Dynamic group membership rules stopped working
We've been using the following the following dynamic membership rule to check if a user is a member of another group: user.memberOf -any (group.objectId -in ['2b930be6-f46a-4a70-b1b5-3e4e0c483fbf']) The group is an Active Directory group that is represented in Entra with the stated Entra group object Id. The validation fails for every user and looks like this: It seems that all out dynamic groups are affected and stopped working. Have you seen this before? Thanks.
Windows Authentication for Entra ID for SQL MI
Hi Team, I recently come across a use case where we have to use Windows Authentication for Entra ID for SQL MI. My question is based on Microsoft documentation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/winauth-azuread-setup?view=azuresql There are two options. Options 1 Modern interactive flow Options 2 Incoming trust-based flow Proceeding with Option 2 (Incoming trust-based flow) the authentication flow works some as the following Step Action From To Network Connection 1 Initiate Connection Client (Windows Server 2016) - - 2 Request Kerberos TGT Client Domain Controller (Windows 2012) On-premises network 3 Issue TGT Domain Controller Client On-premises network 4 Request Service Ticket via Kerberos Proxy Client Microsoft Entra ID (via proxy) ExpressRoute (Microsoft peering) 5 Issue Service Ticket Microsoft Entra ID Client ExpressRoute (Microsoft peering) 6 Submit Service Ticket Client Azure SQL Managed Instance ExpressRoute (private peering) 7 Validate Ticket and Exchange for Token Azure SQL Managed Instance Microsoft Entra ID Azure internal network 8 Authenticate User and Grant Access Azure SQL Managed Instance Client ExpressRoute (private peering) If above is correct. Can anyone confirm we have to synchronize service accounts and users to Entra IS that are used by applications? Does the client (running application ot SQL management studio) require access to Entra ID or it will be requested by on-premises AD on behalf of application server Many Thanks !
Azue AD Device Management
Good day, I am new to Azure; currently moving workstations to the Cloud (Azure). There are several Windows "devices" DT-23, LT-12, that are visible on the Azure Active Directory devices that are duplicates; with a different 'owner' for the device. How would I ascertain which device should be deleted from the Azure AD? There are more than twice as many devices in the Azure AD than the devices in the organization. What, if any steps, do I take to prevent this?Can External ID (CIAM) federate to an Azure AD/Entra ID tenant using SAML?
What I'm trying to achieve I'm setting up SAML federation FROM my External ID tenant (CIAM) TO a partner's Entra ID tenant (regular organizational tenant) for a hybrid CIAM/B2B setup where: Business users authenticate via their corporate accounts (OIDC or SAML) Individual customers use username/password or social providers (OIDC) Tenant details / Terminology: CIAM tenant: External ID tenant for customer-facing applications IdP tenant: Example Partner's organizational Entra ID tenant with business accounts Custom domain: mycustomdomain.com (example domain for the IdP tenant) Configuration steps taken Step 1: IdP Tenant (Entra ID) - Created SAML App Set up Enterprise App with SAML SSO Entity ID: https://login.microsoftonline.com/<CIAM_TENANT_ID>/ Reply URL: https://<CIAM_TENANT_ID>.ciamlogin.com/login.srf NameID: Persistent format Claim mapping: emailaddress → user.mail Step 2: CIAM Tenant (External ID) - Added SAML IdP (Initially imported from the SAML metadata URL from the above setup) Federating domain: mycustomdomain.com Issuer URI: https://sts.windows.net/<IDP_TENANT_ID>/ Passive endpoint: https://login.microsoftonline.com/mycustomdomain.com/saml2 DNS TXT record added: DirectFedAuthUrl=https://login.microsoftonline.com/mycustomdomain.com/saml2 Step 3: Attached to User Flow Added SAML IdP to user flow under "Other identity providers" Saved configuration and waited for propagation The problem It doesn't work. When testing via "Run user flow": No SAML button appears (should display "Sign in with mycustomdomain") Entering email address removed for privacy reasons doesn't trigger federation The SAML provider appears configured but never shows up in the actual flow Also tried using the tenant GUID in the passive endpoint instead of the domain - same result My question Is SAML federation from External ID to regular Entra ID tenants actually possible? I know OIDC federation to Microsoft tenants is (currently, august 2025) explicitly blocked (microsoftonline.com domains are rejected). Is SAML similarly restricted? The portal lets me configure everything without throwing any errors, but it never actually works. Am I missing something in my configuration? The documentation for this use case is limited and I've had to piece together the setup from various sources. Or is this a fundamental limitation where External ID simply can't federate to ANY Microsoft tenant regardless of the protocol used?How to recover or re-add device
Hi, To try and make a long story short, I have 2 devices, Device 1 one belonged to me and Device 2 belonged to someone previously. I had taken Device 2 because the specs we're better and am giving Device 1 to a new-hire. My initial thought was to delete Device 1 and just re-add it to Azure AD under the new owner. After I had done that I came across an extremely simple PowerShell cmdlet that made adding a new owner and removing the old owner very fast and painless. I used this cmdlet to add me as the new owner of Device 2 but had already deleted Device 1. I'm now stuck trying to figure out how to get Device 1 back into AD and change the owner. How can I do this? ThanksJoin Merill Fernando and other guests for our Identity and Network Practitioner Webinar Series!
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API-driven provisioning field mapping changes resynchronize all users and groups
We have configured API-driven provisioning for on-premises Active Directory, along with Azure AD Connect, to synchronize on-premises AD users with Azure Entra ID. As part of the provisioning setup, we have used a separate Organizational Unit (OU) in on-premises AD (designated as the default OU for new users) while configuring API-driven provisioning. We are attempting to make some changes to the API field mapping, specifically the ‘UserPrincipalName’ regular expression (custom domain) and the ‘manager’ field, and saving the configuration. Upon attempting to save, a prompt appears (as highlighted below screenshot), indicating that this action will resynchronize all users and groups. Could you please clarify: Will this resynchronization update any existing users outside the default provisioning Organizational Unit (OU)? Specifically, what does the resynchronization operation update? For instance, will it modify the 'UserPrincipalName' and 'manager' attributes for all users including old users outside of provisioning Organizational Unit (OU)? Screen Shot - While Saving Mapping.Microsoft Entra Connect connecting always to old DC
We are planning on demoting old DC server. When doing checkups I noticed that Entra Connect keeps connecting to this specific DC we'ew planning to demote everytime it connect to Active Directory. So now I'm wondering does this need any additional configuration to keep sync working after DC Demote. I found out that there is option to "Only use preferred domain controllers" but I'm not sure if that's what I want do do. There were the red line is is the old DC to be demoted. "Only use preferred domain controllers" setting. If I enable this setting I got this kind of notice. I don't feel like this is the right way to do it so I canceled at this point.
