Tag: Azure Active Directory

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Azure AD update adds time-limited credentials

Azure AD update adds time-limited credentials

Microsoft is allowing Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) administrators to generate time-limited credentials. These credentials can be used for passwordless authentication and restoring accounts after losing credentials or FIDO2 keys. The Temporary Access Pass (TAP) functionality can be used for ... Read more

date9 months ago
Azure Active Directory gives way to Microsoft Entra

Azure Active Directory gives way to Microsoft Entra

From here on out, Microsoft's identity and access management solutions are known as Microsoft Entra. The tech giant is rebranding several products. In April, all data governance and compliance solutions were grouped under Microsoft Purview. Not long after, Microsoft renamed every managed securit... Read more

date10 months ago
Microsoft implements tighter security for Azure Active Directory

Microsoft implements tighter security for Azure Active Directory

Microsoft is pushing more secure default settings to all Azure Active Directory (AD) users. Azure AD's default settings feature a set of basic mechanisms for identity security. These mechanisms include factor authentication (MFA) and security protocols such as Conditional Access and Identity Pro... Read more

date10 months ago
Microsoft launches outage mode to improve Active Directory uptime

Microsoft launches outage mode to improve Active Directory uptime

Microsoft is aiming to improve the availability and uptime of Azure Active Directory (ADD). For this purpose, it has launched a backup authentication service. The service will soon allow ADD customers to use an 'outage mode' in case of downtime. Downtime of Microsoft's Azure Active Directory (AA... Read more

date1 year ago
SentinelOne launches zero trust integration in Microsoft Azure AD

SentinelOne launches zero trust integration in Microsoft Azure AD

SentinelOne is launching a ready-to-use integration in Azure Active Directory (AD). The so-called Singularity App for Azure AD allows administrators to have user policies in Azure AD automatically changed when SentinelOne detects an endpoint threat. To understand how the introduction works, an u... Read more

date1 year ago
Secureworks reveals Azure Active Directory flaw without a fix

Secureworks reveals Azure Active Directory flaw without a fix

Picture for a moment a scenario where you have as many attempts as you want to get a username and password right without getting caught. That is the kind of scenario threat actors look for, leaving admins with little to no visibility into the actions, let alone a way to stop them. A newly discov... Read more

date1 year ago
Microsoft takes another big step towards going passwordless

Microsoft takes another big step towards going passwordless

Microsoft continues its relentless drive to get rid of passwords as sign-in options that enterprise customers use to access Azure Active Directory (AAD) and those consumers use to access Microsoft Accounts on Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs. Vasu Jakkal, Microsoft's corporate vice president of the... Read more

date2 years ago
Microsoft gives a preliminary explanation for Azure trouble

Microsoft gives a preliminary explanation for Azure trouble

Azure experienced an issue in the Azure Active Directory, which disrupted access to Office 365 apps and Azure Admin Portal for two hours or more for other users. Microsoft apologized for it on Monday, as part of a March 15 “preliminary root cause analysis’ notice, which was an explanation of wh... Read more

date2 years ago
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