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The Microsoft 365 2026 Deprecation Deadline Tracker
Every material Microsoft 365, Exchange Online and Entra ID deprecation landing in 2026 — EWS, SMTP AUTH basic auth, Identity Protection risk policies, Azure ACS and more — in date order, with what breaks and the one fix that keeps you ahead of each deadline.
Securing AI Agent Identities in Microsoft Entra: Governance, Conditional Access and Least Privilege in 2026
Copilot and low-code agents now get their own identities in Microsoft Entra. This guide covers Entra Agent ID — the sponsor/owner model, blueprints, Conditional Access and ID Protection for agents, least-privilege connector governance, and the lifecycle controls that stop agent sprawl — in the order a security team should apply them.
How to Configure Microsoft Entra PIM for Just-in-Time Admin Access
Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management (PIM) removes standing admin rights by making a role eligible instead of permanently active: the admin activates it just-in-time, for a time-boxed window, subject to MFA, justification and optional approval. This step-by-step guide covers licensing (Entra ID P2 or Entra ID Governance), prerequisites and break-glass accounts, assigning eligible roles, configuring activation settings, the end-user activation experience, validation, and Access Reviews — plus the production gotchas that lock teams out of their own tenant.
Okta to Entra ID Migration: A Phased Plan That Won't Lock Out Your Users
Migrate from Okta to Microsoft Entra ID in phases, not a big-bang cutover: sync identities, switch from Okta federation to managed authentication, move apps and provisioning one at a time with reverse federation as a safety net, then rebuild policies in Conditional Access before decommissioning Okta.
Entra ID Conditional Access Gaps: 10 Misconfigurations That Quietly Defeat MFA
The most common Entra ID Conditional Access gaps are policies that exclude too much, sit in report-only forever, ignore legacy authentication, skip device and risk signals, and leave break-glass accounts unmanaged. Here's how to find and close each one.
Zero Trust Architecture: The Practitioner's Cheat Sheet and Implementation Guide
A complete, practical reference for Zero Trust security — the NIST SP 800-207 principles, the five CISA pillars (Identity, Devices, Networks, Applications & Workloads, Data), the four-stage maturity model, a control-by-control cheat sheet, a Microsoft-stack mapping, a phased rollout roadmap, and the mistakes that quietly undermine most deployments.