Microsoft Sentinel Is Moving to the Defender Portal
Microsoft Sentinel, still widely called Azure Sentinel, is not going away, but its home is. After March 31, 2027, Microsoft will no longer support Sentinel in the Azure portal, and it will…
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The Retirement of Exchange Web Services in Exchange Online
Message Center: MC1227454
Exchange Web Services (EWS) is being shut down in Exchange Online. Microsoft began phasing it out on October 1, 2026, and will switch it off permanently on April 1, 2027 (MC1227454). Any…
Windows Hello for Business and Platform SSO Become Auto-Registered Passkeys in Entra
Message Center: MC1450134
Microsoft Entra is changing how it treats Windows Hello for Business (WHfB) and macOS Platform SSO (PSSO). Starting early October 2026 and finishing in late November 2026, both credentials count as standalone…
Reset Your Entra Password With a Passkey: No Current Password Needed
Message Center: MC1437671
Microsoft is rolling out a way for users to set a new Entra password from My Sign-Ins after signing in with a passkey, FIDO2 security key or Windows Hello for Business, with…
Passkeys Explained: How They Work
A passkey is a cryptographic key pair that replaces your password: the private half stays with you, and the website keeps only the public half, which is useless to an attacker. Introduction:…
Entra ID SSPR Enforcement: What Higher Ed Admins Need to Know
Message Center: MC1325414
Summary Microsoft Entra ID self-service password reset (SSPR) will accept only authentication methods that a user or admin explicitly registered, with enforcement beginning November 7, 2026 and rolling out gradually through mid-November.…
InCommon and Persona Bring Identity Verification to Higher Education
Colleges and universities are under growing pressure to confirm that the people in their systems are who they say they are. In September 2026, Internet2, working with its InCommon identity federation, introduced…
How to Create an Entra App Registration for Microsoft Graph API Calls
An Entra app registration gives your code an identity that Microsoft Graph accepts: a client ID, a way to prove it (secret, certificate or federated credential), and a set of Graph permissions.…
Microsoft Teams Is Turning On External File Sharing by Default
Message Center: MC1479514
Microsoft is switching file attachments in external Teams chats from off to on by default, with rollout from late October to late November 2026. Admins who want it off should set the…
Microsoft Is Retiring SMS and Voice MFA in Entra ID: What to Do Before February 2027
If anyone in your organization still signs in to Microsoft 365 or Azure with a texted code or a phone call, a deadline is coming. Microsoft has made passkeys the default sign-in…