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Azure Active Directory Domain Services meter name changes
The meter names of Azure Active Directory Domain Services directory objects will change between December 10, 2019, and February 1, 2020. The name changes will be in effect to accommodate upcoming enhancements. This won't impact existing service behavior, only the name you see on your bill.
Azure Active Directory B2C is deprecating login.microsoftonline.com
Target retirement date: December 04, 2020
On December 4th, 2020, the login.microsoftonline.com endpoint will be deprecated for accessing B2C tenants. Existing tenants will need to move onto B2Clogin.com before that date, and all functionality will remain the same on the B2Clogin.com endpoint.
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.
August 2019
Custom OpenID Connect identity providers for user flows in Azure AD B2C
Use any OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity provider in the built-in user flows in Azure AD B2C.
Pass through an identity provider's access token in Azure AD B2C
Applications can now get the identity provider's access token passed through as part of the Azure AD B2C token.
Azure AD Application Proxy integration with the Power BI Mobile application
Use Azure AD Application Proxy to access reports in the Power BI Report Server hosted on-premises from the Power BI mobile application
Custom roles for app registration management
Gain fine-grained control over what access your admins have for managing app registrations.
July 2019
Azure AD Application Proxy support for single sign-on to SAML-based applications.
Connect custom or popular SAML-based on-premises line of business apps to Azure AD for single sign-on.
Authentication method usage and insight reporting in Azure AD
Understand the adoption of self-service password reset (SSPR) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) in your organization with this Azure AD dashboard.
Azure AD support for FIDO2-based passwordless sign-in
Azure AD users can sign in password-free using a FIDO2 security key.
Azure AD B2B collaboration direct federation with SAML and WS-Fed providers
Seamlessly collaborate with guests or partners whose IT managed identity solution supports the SAML or WS-Fed standards.
May 2019
Identity Secure Score in the Azure AD Portal
Gain visibility and control over your security posture by discovering opportunities that will help to improve security across your organization
Azure AD Conditional Access policy for the combined MFA and password reset security info registration experience
Control the conditions in which sentive security information for multi-factor authentication and self-service password reset can be registered.
Expansion of the password character limit in Azure AD
Passwords for accounts created in Azure AD can now be up to 256 characters including spaces.
Microsoft Authentication Library for .NET
.NET developers can use MSAL.NET to securely sign-in and authenticate any Microsoft identity (Azure AD and Microsoft Accounts) and call Microsoft Graph or other APIs.
Azure AD admin roles for B2C are in public preview
Target availability: Q2 2019
Announcing the public preview of new B2C Azure AD administrator roles for B2C tenants.
Microsoft Authentication Library for Javascript
Developers building a Single Page Javascript App can use MSAL.js to securely sign-in and authenticate any Microsoft identity (Azure AD and Microsoft Accounts) and call Microsoft Graph or other APIs.
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