Identity Management
The latest Identity Management coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Identity-First EHR Security: FIDO2 Passkeys & Zero-Trust Balance Clinician Speed
Electronic health records (EHRs) have become the backbone of modern healthcare, with the CDC reporting that 88.2% of U.S. office-based physicians used an EHR system in 2021. This widespread adoption...
Duo Directory Sync automates one-way AD-to-cloud provisioning for group-based security enforcement
Duo Directory Sync provides organizations with a streamlined method for synchronizing their on-premises Active Directory environment with Duo Security's cloud-based multi-factor authentication...
Microsoft Previews Mandatory Unique IDs for Every Azure AI Agent to End Shadow AI
Microsoft has published a detailed blueprint for locking down autonomous AI agents in the enterprise, anchored by a forthcoming capability that will require every agent to carry a unique identity...
CVPeople Tanzania Seeks IT Supervisors and 23 Technicians for Airport Biometric Rollout
CVPeople Tanzania is simultaneously advertising for an IT Airport Supervisor and more than 20 junior technicians, signaling a deliberate build-up of on-site technical capacity at the country’s...
AI Agents Get Corporate IDs: Inside Microsoft and Workday’s Landmark Integration
Enterprise AI agents are about to get their own set of corporate credentials. Microsoft and Workday have quietly stitched together a system that assigns verified, directory-backed identities to...
Denver Summit Offers Playbook to Prevent Copilot Shelfware and Drive Real ROI
The 365 Leadership Summit, gathering in Denver this September, is sharpening its focus on a persistent and costly corporate habit: purchasing AI software that nobody uses. With Microsoft Copilot and...
Life Without Barriers' Microsoft Security Overhaul: 321,000 Sensitive Files Tagged, 8.3M Activities Monitored
Life Without Barriers, one of Australia’s largest human‑services nonprofits, has uncovered over 321,000 documents containing sensitive data—and automated their protection—in a sweeping...
Cortana's Farewell Mirrors Microsoft's Trail of Ahead-of-Their-Time Windows Innovations
Microsoft’s June 2023 confirmation that it will stop supporting Cortana in Windows as a standalone app later this year is more than a footnote in tech news cycles—it’s a familiar coda for a...
Per-Mailbox Cloud Management Lets Admins Finally Retire the Last Exchange Server
Microsoft has released a per‑mailbox cloud management feature that finally gives hybrid Exchange organizations a clear path to unplugging the last on‑premises Exchange server. With the new...
How Metadata-Driven Zero Trust on Azure Reinforces AI Pipelines Against Modern Attacks
Microsoft’s Azure platform now offers a battle-tested blueprint for locking down machine learning operations using a metadata-driven zero-trust architecture—one that InfoWorld contributor Vikram...
Tanzania Airport Biometric Rollout Sparks IT Hiring Surge, but Gaps in Security Controls Loom
Tanzania’s airports are embarking on a major expansion of their biometric and immigration control systems, and the on-the-ground evidence is a hiring blitz for dozens of IT technicians and...
CVE-2025-53763: Microsoft Flags Azure Databricks Privilege Escalation Flaw, Urges Immediate Defensive Actions
Microsoft has disclosed a new privilege escalation vulnerability in Azure Databricks, tracked as CVE-2025-53763, which could allow an attacker with network access to elevate their privileges within...