Category: Identity

Couple of months ago I wrote about multi-tenant sync when it was still in public preview. So what has changed after it’s globally available? Before the documentation was stating: It is not supported to use the same custom domain name…

Azure AD CBA allows user to sign-in with a certificate. Microsoft has removed the need for external ADFS federation. You can see the situation before this change from Sami Lamppu’s post. Feature highlights Facilitates onboarding to Azure quickly without being…

Cross-tenant access settings in now in preview. You can use cross-tenant access settings to manage collaboration with external Azure AD organizations but for non-Azure AD organizations, use collaboration settings. https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_AAD_IAM/AllowlistPolicyBlade What is Cross-tenant access? External Identities cross-tenant access settings to…

This is the last part of section 3 and will cover two topics: Manage API permissions to Azure subscriptions and resources Configure an authentication method for a service principal Manage API permissions to Azure subscriptions and resources What is Azure…

This is section 3 of AZ-500 preparation guide and starting with IdP and SSO. What is IdP? Azure AD is also consider as IdP, it can authenticate Your with different cloud services like Google and AWS. An identity provider (IdP)…

This pic above is exactly the opposite of how information barriers work. So how it works? When information barrier policies are in place, people who should not communicate or share files with other specific users won’t be able to find,…

This is section 3 and part 2. In this post I will be covering App registrations with the following topics. Create an App Registration Configure App Registration permission scopes Manage App Registration permission consent What is App registration in Azure?…

What has changed? Microsoft have removed ability for getting user consent for unverified applications. This is an great addition towards security but it will make your life harder as a admin and as a software publisher. Different options Let’s go…

This will be end of Section 2 and the ending will done with Access Reviews. What are Access Reviews? Access reviews enable organizations to efficiently manage group memberships, access to enterprise applications, and role assignments. User’s access can be reviewed…

Passwordless authentication is a hot topic, if You have a password it can be cracked or phished. In the last parts we enabled MFA so let’s continue from there. What is passwordless? Passwordless means that You sign-in without a password,…