Microsoft Entra
The latest Microsoft Entra coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft to Retire Phone and Email Password Resets in Entra ID by September 2026
Microsoft has set a hard deadline of September 7, 2026 for organizations to stop using directory-sourced phone numbers and alternate email addresses for self-service password resets (SSPR) in Entra...
BlueVoyant Debuts Agent 365 Security Service, Treating AI Agents as Identities in Microsoft 365
BlueVoyant today launched its Microsoft Agent 365 Security Deployment Service, a targeted professional services engagement designed to help enterprises tame the sprawling population of AI agents...
10ZiG Drops Windows Server for Linux in Manager v6 Virtual Appliance Launch
On July 1, 2026, 10ZiG Technology made its most significant platform bet in a decade: the company declared its flagship endpoint management software, 10ZiG Manager v6, generally available—and for...
Microsoft Silently Patches Entra Provisioning Elevation‑of‑Privilege Flaw – No KB Required
Microsoft this week listed CVE‑2026‑57100, an elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability in the Microsoft Entra Provisioning Service, marking one of the first cloud‑centric patches of the year to...
Stop ConsentFix Phishing: Lock Down OAuth App Consent in Microsoft Entra ID Now
A new breed of phishing attack is automating the theft of Microsoft 365 access tokens—and it works by exploiting a single, often-overlooked setting in every Entra ID tenant. Security researchers...
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...
Microsoft to Block Rooted and Jailbroken Devices from Entra Work Accounts via Authenticator by Mid-2026
Starting soon, Microsoft Authenticator will begin warning users with rooted Android phones or jailbroken iPhones that their devices are unsupported for work or school accounts, with full enforcement...
Microsoft Teams Rooms to Ditch Passwords with Entra Passwordless Support in August 2026
Microsoft has quietly added a long-awaited security milestone to its Microsoft 365 roadmap: passwordless authentication for Teams Rooms resource accounts on Windows. General availability is now...
Machine-Speed AI Agents Storm Identiverse 2026: Can Identity Security Keep Up?
The enterprise identity world converged on Las Vegas last week for Identiverse 2026, and one theme dominated every keynote, every hallway conversation, and every vendor demo: AI agents. Not the...
Microsoft's zero-trust stack gives every AI agent in Windows 365 a unique identity.
AI agents are reshaping enterprise productivity—but without rigorous security, they’re a liability. Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, recently stressed that companies must manage AI agents with...
Shinsei Technos Ditches VPNs for Microsoft Entra Zero Trust Access
On June 3, 2026, Microsoft published a customer story detailing how Shinsei Technos, a Japanese construction engineering firm, overhauled its remote access security by deploying Microsoft Entra...
Microsoft Entra Security Groups Gain Sensitivity Labels for Proactive Guest Control
Microsoft has moved sensitivity labels for Microsoft Entra cloud security groups into public preview, enabling administrators to apply Microsoft Purview-governed access controls to static,...