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Microsoft is planning to bump up its service-level agreement (SLA) uptime assurance for users of the Azure Active Directory service to "four nines" per month, or 99.99 percent, starting on April 1.
01/05/2021
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A preview of Microsoft's Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) security solution is now available for Azure Active Directory users that have configured Conditional Access policies, Microsoft announced on Friday.
10/12/2020
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Azure Active Directory Conditional Access support for the Office 365 suite of applications is now at the "general availability" commercial-release stage, Microsoft announced on Thursday.
10/08/2020
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Microsoft plans to turn on a new Azure Active Directory "Publisher Verification" security feature that will block end user consent to unverified app publishers starting next month.
10/07/2020
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Microsoft highlighted a few Azure Active Directory improvements during last week's Ignite event.
10/02/2020
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Users of the Azure AD Conditional Access service are now getting a new policy that will block devices using older authentication methods by default, unless granted an exception.
08/17/2020
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Microsoft announced a couple of Azure Active Directory-based security enhancements this week, which are now available for end users.
08/04/2020
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Microsoft announced this week that it's possible to use the Azure Active Directory Application Proxy service with Remote Desktop Services (RDS)-based Web clients to add additional security for remote connections.
07/31/2020
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Microsoft this week announced the end dates for Azure Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL) and the Azure Active Directory Graph API, which are both getting deprecated.
06/23/2020
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Microsoft this week announced a few milestones for its Azure Files cloud-based file share service.
06/12/2020
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Microsoft this week provided an update on its years-long efforts to foster a decentralized identity approach to user authentications.
06/10/2020
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Microsoft announced on Friday that that ability to use the "authentication session management capabilities" of the Azure Active Directory Conditional Access service is now at the "generally available" commercial-release stage.
05/29/2020
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Microsoft this week announced a bunch of new Azure Active Directory capabilities for developers, plus some IT pro perks.
05/21/2020
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Microsoft this week announced three new features for assessing Azure AD Conditional Access policy settings, which have all reached "general availability" (GA).
05/07/2020
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Microsoft offered an overview of its recent Azure Active Directory release milestones, including free single sign-on access (SSO) for all of its online services subscribers, per a Thursday announcement.
05/04/2020
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Microsoft this week explained how the machine password mechanism for Windows systems works, and the effects when people have shifted to working remotely.
04/24/2020
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Microsoft on Tuesday explained that it is implementing its own version of Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) identity and access protections for certain Office 365 and Azure Active Directory users.
04/22/2020
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Microsoft on Thursday announced the commercial release of a more simplified Azure Active Directory registration process that adds multifactor authentication (MFA) and self-service password reset features for end users.
04/16/2020
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Subscribers to Microsoft 365 Business (which is being renamed this month to "Microsoft 365 Business Premium") will be getting Azure Active Directory Premium P1 licensing at no additional cost.
04/07/2020
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Microsoft this month announced a couple of Azure Active Directory improvements with regard to custom roles and multifactor authentication support that are available now and on the horizon.
03/25/2020
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03/11/2020
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Google's Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory is now a "generally available" service, according to a Thursday Google announcement.
02/21/2020
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Microsoft expects to delay enforcement of configuration changes to the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) until the second half of this year, according to a Tuesday update to Security Advisory ADV190023.
02/04/2020
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced a preview of Azure Active Directory conditional access policies for Office 365 applications.
02/04/2020
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Microsoft last week described a few Azure Active Directory improvements for organizations wanting to connect their applications to Microsoft's identity and access service.
01/27/2020