Microsoft Entra Id
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Closing the Entra ID Management Gap: A 2026 Guide to Tools That Extend Microsoft’s Reach
Microsoft Entra ID has become the identity control plane for Windows, Microsoft 365, and Azure, but a new analysis from Petri IT Knowledgebase reveals that enterprises are increasingly turning to...
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...
AI-Powered Training Lands at Axalta: 4,000 Courses, Azure AI, and Entra ID in 90 Days
Coatings manufacturer Axalta has gone from zero to a fully deployed AI-driven learning platform in just 90 days, thanks to a collaboration between training specialist Unboxed and Microsoft’s Azure...
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...
Cognizant to Deploy 15,000 AI Professionals by 2026, Shaking Up Enterprise IT
Cognizant has set a hard deadline of December 31, 2026, to field a 15,000-strong AI services workforce—5,000 Frontier-certified engineers and 10,000 Frontier business operators—marking one of the...
Canonical Brings Fully Managed Kubeflow to Azure, Deploys Inside Your Tenancy
On July 9, 2026, Canonical made its fully managed Kubeflow service available through the Azure Marketplace. Unlike a typical SaaS offering, this deployment model runs the entire platform inside the...
FedRAMP High Stamp Clears Quest Entra ID Tools for Federal Government Use
Quest Software announced on July 8 that its Identity Defense and Identity Recovery for Microsoft Entra ID products have achieved FedRAMP High authorization, making them available as a fully vetted...
Azure Chaos Studio Workspaces Enters Public Preview with Zone Failure Simulations
Microsoft announced on July 1, 2026, that Azure Chaos Studio Workspaces is entering public preview, bringing scenario-driven resilience testing to Azure workloads. The new capability allows teams to...
81 Million Login Attempts Later: How Azure CLI Password Spraying Bypassed MFA and What You Must Fix
On June 12, 2026, attackers launched a massive password-spray campaign against Microsoft Azure CLI accounts, generating over 81 million login attempts and compromising 78 accounts across 64...
Konica Minolta Launches PKI Cloud Suite for CAC/PIV Secure Printing in GCC High
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. announced the general availability of its PKI Cloud Suite on July 1, 2026, delivering long-awaited CAC/PIV card authentication and secure document workflows...
BlackBerry AtHoc Now Sends Identity-Driven Crisis Alerts Directly to Microsoft Teams, Powered by Entra ID
BlackBerry’s AtHoc crisis communication platform can now deliver real-time alerts directly into Microsoft Teams, leveraging Microsoft Entra ID for identity-based user provisioning and targeted...
Microsoft Unleashes AI Shopping Agents with New Dynamics 365 Commerce MCP Server
Microsoft has opened the public preview of its Dynamics 365 Commerce MCP server, giving retailers a managed endpoint that lets AI agents directly interact with checkout systems for the first time....