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Entra ID
Entra ID is a Microsoft-hosted directory service that provides identity and access management for Office... more
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The Identity Manager software synchronizes user identity data, such as group memberships and physical office... more
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Identity Manager: Start Planning Replacement Options Now
Updated: June 13, 2025
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
Understanding Privileged Access Management for AD
Updated: July 16, 2020
Privileged Access Management (PAM) can help organizations manage and control administrator access to applications and...more
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