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Entra Domain Services RC4 Kerberos Encryption Shutdown Starts July 6: Prepare Now with These Audit Steps
Microsoft is disabling RC4 encryption for Kerberos authentication in Entra Domain Services, and the first fire drill lands on Monday, July 6, 2026. If any of your workloads still rely on that legacy...
SharePoint and OneDrive External Sharing Faces Disruption in July 2026 — Here’s How to Prepare
Starting July 2026, Microsoft will require every external user accessing shared files in SharePoint Online and OneDrive to have a Microsoft Entra B2B guest account. Collaborators who relied on...
First Wave of Entra Cloud Sync Migration Notices Coming in July: Is Your Tenant Ready?
Starting July 2026, Microsoft will begin contacting organizations directly—through the Microsoft 365 Message Center, Entra Connect Health alerts, and targeted emails—to assign them a transition...
Microsoft’s Entra Connect Update Forces a Human Gate for Cloud Changes—Break Your Scripts or Get Secure
Microsoft shipped a security update for Entra Connect Sync on July 7, 2026, that breaks unattended PowerShell automation by requiring an interactive administrator sign-in whenever a script tries to...
Microsoft’s Entra MFA Shake-Up: Your Deadline is September 2026, Not May 2027
Microsoft has set a ticking clock for every organization using third-party multifactor authentication (MFA) with Entra ID Conditional Access. Starting September 30, 2026, you will no longer be able...
Exchange Online to Block Non-Microsoft Apps Using EWS Starting October 2026
Microsoft has confirmed that Exchange Online will start blocking Exchange Web Services (EWS) requests from non-Microsoft applications on October 1, 2026, marking the beginning of the end for a...
Microsoft Sets Hard Deadline: SMS MFA Retires in Entra ID by 2027, Passkeys Take Over
Microsoft has drawn a line in the sand: after February 1, 2027, its Entra ID identity platform will no longer provide SMS or voice call verification for multi-factor authentication. Organizations...
Microsoft’s Azure API for FHIR Retirement Looms: The Hidden Windows Dependencies That Could Break Your Healthcare Apps
Microsoft has set a firm retirement date for Azure API for FHIR: September 30, 2026. The clock started ticking on April 1, 2025, when the company stopped accepting new deployments. For the healthcare...
KB5101650 Hands IT the Power to Silence Entra SSO Consent Prompts on Windows 11
{ "title": "KB5101650 Hands IT the Power to Silence Entra SSO Consent Prompts on Windows 11", "content": "With the July 14, 2026 Patch Tuesday update, Microsoft introduced a registry policy that...
Microsoft’s RMS Connector Kills Off Shared Secrets: Your 2026 Prep Starts Now
Microsoft’s Rights Management (RMS) connector—the critical middleware that links on-premises Exchange, SharePoint, and file servers to cloud-based protection—will stop accepting shared-secret...
Identity Safety Net: Microsoft Entra’s Built-In Backup Tool Reaches GA with 7-Day Restore Window
Microsoft has officially released its Entra Backup and Recovery tool to general availability, giving identity administrators a native, cloud-based way to protect user accounts, groups, and other...
Attackers Are Tricking Microsoft Users Into Adding Rogue Passkeys—Here’s the Fix
A vishing campaign that preys on Microsoft 365 users—persuading them by phone to enroll attacker-controlled passkeys—has been active since early 2025, security firm Okta warned on Wednesday. The...