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Microsoft Security email update and Resources for Azure AD rename to Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID is the new name for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The rename and new product icon are being rolled out across experiences from Microsoft. Most updates will be complete by mid-November of this year. Resources are also now available to support the renaming of your product experiences. Additionally, Identity emails will now be sent from Microsoft Security (MSSecurity-noreply@microsoft.com). The emails are currently coming from Microsoft Azure (azure-noreply@microsoft.com). You may need to update Outlook rules as a result.
Changes to My Groups admin controls
Target retirement date: June 30, 2024
New settings will enable admins to restrict end users from viewing and editing security groups in My Groups. The existing settings that allow enabling or disabling of My Groups will be retired in June 2024.
June 2022
General availability: Azure Active Directory authentication for Application Insights
Target availability: Q2 2022
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication for Azure Monitor Application helps ensure that only authenticated telemetry is ingested in your Application Insights resources.
April 2022
Update: Azure AD Graph retirement date
Update your apps to use Microsoft Graph.
March 2022
General availability: Azure Data Explorer supports Conditional Access
Azure Data Explorer launches support for Azure Active Directory Conditional Access.
General availability: Enablement of combined security information registration for Azure Active Directory
Target availability: Q3 2022
Beginning 1 October 2022, combined registration for multifactor authentication and self-service password reset is rolling out to you.
November 2021
Public preview: OpenID Connect integration between Azure AD and GitHub Actions
Developers can secure their deployments to Azure through OpenID Connect integration between Azure AD and GitHub Actions
April 2021
Azure Automation support for System Assigned Managed Identities is now in public preview
Use managed identities now to authenticate runbooks to any Azure service that supports Azure AD authentication.
February 2021
Please upgrade your Azure AD Connect sync to a newer version by 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
We’re retiring older versions of Azure Active Directory Connect.
Email one-time passcode authentication on by default starting October 2021
Target retirement date: October 31, 2021
Email one-time passcode will be on by default and redemption using unmanaged Azure Active Directory accounts will no longer be allowed starting October 31, 2021 and not March 31, 2021.
January 2021
99.99% uptime for Azure Active Directory Premium customers is coming April 1st, 2021
SLA for Azure AD is increasing the up-time commitment to 99.99% for Azure AD Premium customers to support the need for an Identity service with high resilience and low interruptions.
December 2020
Deprecation of webview sign-in support announcement from Google
Target retirement date: January 04, 2021
Google is deprecating webview support starting January 4, 2021.
September 2020
Azure Time Series Insights now supports AAD groups
Target availability: Q3 2020
Azure Time Series Insights now supports Azure Active Directory groups through access policies.
July 2020
Azure Active Directory Registration Service is ending support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1
Azure Active Directory Registration Service: Ending support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 and preparing for TLS 1.2 in US Gov and commercial clouds
AKS-managed Azure Active Directory support is now generally available
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)-managed Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) support is now generally available.
March 2020
Active Directory for authentication on SMB access to Azure File in preview
Azure Files Active Directory (AD) Authentication is now in preview. Use it to mount your Azure Files using AD credentials with the exact same access control experience as on-premises.
November 2019
Publish to Azure Active Directory protected endpoints from Azure Event Grid now in preview
Azure Event Grid can now publish events to AAD protected endpoints
September 2019
Secure hybrid access to apps behind existing F5 infrastructure
Azure AD and F5 Networks integration to secure legacy applications.
Configure Azure AD as the trusted corporate identity provider in SAP Identity Authentication Service
Connect enterprise identities between Microsoft services such as, Azure and Office 365 and the SAP Cloud Platform, so you can build unique cross-cloud experiences.
Cloud backup and recovery for the Microsoft Authenticator app on Android
Android users can now back up their account credentials to the cloud, and then easily and securely transfer them to a new device when needed.
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