Identity Manager

Entra Cloud Sync Replacing Connect Sync: What to Expect June 27, 2026 Customers should begin transitioning now from Connect Sync to Cloud Sync, but larger customers won’t...more Identity Manager: SP3 Arrives, But Support Still Ends in 2029 Updated: June 22, 2026 Microsoft Identity Manager is set for retirement in 2029, and no direct replacement is expected....more Microsoft Entra: The Collected Services Updated: May 27, 2025 Entra is a family of services to help organizations manage identities and access to resources....more Entra ID Platform Support Updated: July 6, 2024 Entra ID provides hosted identity and access management. Most capabilities are available across all supported...more Understanding AD to Entra ID Sync Options Updated: February 22, 2024 Entra Cloud Sync is the newest model for synchronizing complex Active Directory organizations into Entra...more Merger and Acquisition Challenges with Entra ID Updated: February 7, 2024 Organizations that regularly acquire other organizations must consider cross-organizational Entra ID integration. Entra Cloud Sync...more Identity Manager 2016 Service Pack in Preview Updated: January 31, 2024 The first service pack for Identity Manager 2016 extends capabilities for privileged access management AAD Multi-tenancy Sync in Preview Updated: May 31, 2023 Preview capability could particularly help organizations with both US Government and Commercial tenancies. The State of Microsoft Hybrid Client Identity Management Updated: May 31, 2023 Azure Active Directory serves a distinctly different role than Active Directory was designed to perform....more Identity Management Roadmap Updated: December 17, 2022 Microsoft’s identity infrastructure for on-premises software or hosted services increasingly requires Microsoft-hosted paid services. Azure...more Account Linking and Microsoft Rewards Updated: December 16, 2022 An individual’s Microsoft account is being linked to their work Azure Active Directory accounts by...more Azure ABAC Brings Finer-Grained Security Updated: May 24, 2022 Azure Attribute-based access control, in preview, allows authorizing certain Azure activity at a more detailed...more Understanding Windows 10 Hybrid Domain Join Updated: March 14, 2022 Hybrid domain join registers a Windows 10 PC to Active Directory in the traditional manner...more Planning for Azure Role-Based Security Updated: July 27, 2020 Azure provides an RBAC system that allows customers to secure access to Azure deployments. Organizations...more Understanding AAD Domain Services Updated: July 23, 2020 Azure Active Directory Domain Services can provide Windows Server Active Directory functionality as a service....more Deprecated Identity Components Updated: July 23, 2020 Microsoft has retired several identity components recently. As Microsoft’s hosted identity strategy has begun to...more