Identity & Access Management

Microsoft 365 AI Governance Features: A Dog’s Breakfast September 14, 2026 Aspects of AI governance are addressed by many features across Microsoft 365’s compliance, identity, security,...more Demystifying Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: September 4, 2026 Microsoft’s range of Copilots, initially broad and confusing, is narrowing, but remains convoluted. Copilots, like...more Microsoft 365 E7 Suite Available: It’s All About AI Updated: August 27, 2026 Unlike the E3 and E5 tiers of Microsoft 365, E7 is likely of very limited...more Entra ID Tenancy Strategies for Complex Organizations Updated: June 29, 2026 Entra ID is a core component of Microsoft 365 services, but it has limitations that...more 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 Azure Files Removes a Big Blocker to Cloud Migration May 28, 2026 Azure Files now offers native Entra ID user authentication. It removes the infrastructure tax of...more Defender Helps Discover and Remediate OAuth Attacks March 27, 2026 Defender for Cloud Apps can help identify but not outright prevent problematic OAuth behavior from...more Six Steps from On-Premises to Full Cloud March 2, 2026 Organizations must increasingly focus on and invest in Microsoft-cloud based services because it increasingly retires...more Best Practices for Preserving Data While Removing Microsoft 365 Users Updated: February 23, 2026 Offboarding employees is not an IT task; it’s a governance and risk event affecting organizational...more Understanding Entra ID Privileged Identity Management Updated: November 22, 2025 Entra ID Privileged Identity Management (PIM) can help organizations manage, control, and audit use by...more Defender for Identity Improves Delegation with Scoped Access October 31, 2025 Scoped access, a new Defender feature, offers the ability to constrain which Active Directory domains...more Entra ID Protects Key Identities with Restricted Management October 31, 2025 Restricted management administrative units can help organizations improve security and compliance while enhancing logging and auditing. Organizations...more Understanding Dynamic Membership for Entra ID Groups Updated: October 19, 2025 Entra ID supports dynamic membership for users and devices in some types of groups. The...more Understanding Microsoft 365 Groups Updated: October 19, 2025 Microsoft 365 groups simplify definition of which users can collaborate with each other and the...more Understanding Entra ID Administrative Units Updated: October 19, 2025 Entra ID administrative units enable delegated management of users and groups within a single Entra...more

  Licensing Reference Key Vault Licensing details for the Azure Key Vault service.   Product Reference Key Vault Key Vault – Service product page.   Licensing Reference AD An overarching term for several AD (Active Directory) related Windows Server roles, including AD Domain...more   Product Reference Entra ID Entra ID is a multitenant identity and access management (IAM) service hosted by Microsoft. The...more   Product Reference Intune Intune is a Microsoft-hosted service that provides mobile device management (MDM) and application management for...more   Licensing Reference Entra ID An online service that provides identity and access management for Microsoft-hosted services such as Microsoft...more   Product Reference Microsoft 365 Groups  Updated with new services supported by M365 groups   Licensing Reference Entra External ID An Entra ID feature that allows external users to use their own credentials to sign...more   Licensing Reference Azure Active Directory   Licensing Reference Azure Active Directory B2B

Security, Compliance, Identity, and Management Roadmap

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