Microsoft Entra

October 2026

• Thu 8 Oct Retirements and dates Product news · Pre-authenticated (tempauth) URLs are retiring: move to Microsoft Entra ID tokens before April 1, 2027
• Wed 7 Oct Retirements and dates Guidance changed · Authentication registration campaigns
• Wed 7 Oct Retirements and dates Guidance changed · System-preferred authentication
• Wed 7 Oct Other documentation edits Guidance changed · Cloud Sync changes
• Wed 7 Oct Other documentation edits Guidance changed · Entra Connect version history
• Tue 6 Oct Install and upgrade Revised by Microsoft · Microsoft Entra Connect 2.4.18.0
• Tue 6 Oct Other documentation edits Guidance changed · Mandatory MFA enforcement
• Thu 1 Oct New and changed features Roadmap entry · Microsoft Entra ID: Passkey support for B2B users

September 2026

• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Product news · Sign in to Microsoft apps with passkeys from external identity providers
• Wed 23 Sep Install and upgrade Entra Connect release · Microsoft Entra Connect 2.6.92.0
• Mon 21 Sep New and changed features Product news · Prepare your tenant estate for AI: Join our upcoming webinars
• Thu 17 Sep New and changed features Product news · Public preview of self-service onboarding for new Microsoft Entra App Gallery applications
• Wed 16 Sep New and changed features Product news · Replace VPN access with identity-driven security
• Wed 16 Sep Install and upgrade Entra Connect release · Microsoft Entra Connect 2.6.91.0
• Mon 14 Sep New and changed features Product news · Simplify Employee Identity Lifecycle with HiBob and Microsoft Entra
• Wed 2 Sep New and changed features Product news · Instant revocation of service principal bearer tokens with CAE
• Sep 2026 New and changed features Product news · Sensor v3.x support for additional identity server roles: AD CS, AD FS, and Entra Connect (Preview)
• Tue 1 Sep New and changed features Product news · What’s new in Microsoft Entra: September 2026
• Tue 1 Sep New and changed features Roadmap entry · Microsoft 365: Entra ID Backup & Recovery
• Tue 1 Sep New and changed features Roadmap entry · Microsoft Entra: Enhanced Security Accounts Manager (sAM) Account Name support for Microsoft Entra Domain Services

August 2026

• Wed 19 Aug New and changed features Product news · Microsoft Entra ID enhances security of branded sign-ins
• Thu 13 Aug New and changed features Product news · Why Active Directory alone is no longer enough
• Wed 12 Aug New and changed features Product news · How to enforce Zero Trust across every resource
• Tue 11 Aug New and changed features Roadmap entry · Microsoft Entra: Windows Hello for Business and macOS Platform Single Sign-on can now be used as a second factor for MFA
• Mon 10 Aug New and changed features Product news · Microsoft Entra Tenant Governance is now generally available
• Mon 10 Aug New and changed features Product news · What's New in Microsoft Entra: August 2026
• Wed 5 Aug New and changed features Product news · End VPN gaps with identity-first access
• Aug 2026 New and changed features Product news · Expanded automatic auditing support for AD CS, AD FS, and Entra Connect servers

July 2026

• Fri 24 Jul New and changed features Product news · Modernize SAP Identity Management with Microsoft Entra
• Fri 24 Jul New and changed features Product news · What's New in Microsoft Entra: July 2026
• Thu 23 Jul New and changed features Windows news · Should You Use the New Microsoft Entra Tenant Governance or Azure Lighthouse? (part 3 of 3)
• Tue 21 Jul New and changed features Product news · Secure AI, web, and private apps with Zero Trust
• Mon 20 Jul New and changed features Product news · Plan your Azure AD B2C migration with the Migration Policy Analyzer
• Wed 15 Jul New and changed features Product news · AI agents are everywhere. Are your access controls ready?
• Tue 7 Jul New and changed features Product news · Govern AI agent identities and access the same way you govern your employees
• Tue 7 Jul Install and upgrade Entra Connect release · Microsoft Entra Connect 2.6.84.0
• Jul 2026 New and changed features Product news · In preview: Protect sensitive data in text and prompts by integrating with Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access (GSA).
• Jul 2026 New and changed features Product news · In preview: Expanded user profile details in the unified alert experience add additional user profile signals from Microsoft Entra, including office location, employee t…
• Wed 1 Jul New and changed features Product news · Bring business logic into PIM role activation workflows
• Wed 1 Jul New and changed features Product news · Protect sensitive data in motion across SaaS and AI apps with Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Entra
• Wed 1 Jul Issues and security Security news · Extend data security to the network with Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Entra
• Wed 1 Jul New and changed features Roadmap entry · Microsoft Entra: Upcoming changes to federatedTokenValidationPolicy default settings

June 2026

• Mon 29 Jun Issues and security Partner announcement · Action required: Use the updated Microsoft Entra ID P2 Education Student SKU for renewals
• Mon 8 Jun Install and upgrade Product news · Microsoft Entra private network connector 1.5.4892.0
• Mon 8 Jun New and changed features Product news · Vulnerability Remediation Agent now uses Microsoft Entra agentic identity (preview)
• Jun 2026 New and changed features Product news · (Preview) The Identity Security dashboard now includes a new Human identities card that shows your human identities by source (Entra ID, SaaS, and on-premises), giving y…
• Jun 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - BYOD support for Windows client using Entra registration
• Jun 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Domainless SAML IdP federation for workforce tenants
• Jun 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - External users can be directly assigned to Access Packages
• Jun 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Microsoft Entra Backup and Recovery is now available
• Jun 2026 New and changed features Product news · General availability - Microsoft Entra Kerberos key rotation improved reliability for incoming trust referral flows
• Jun 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - SCIM 2.0 APIs for Microsoft Entra ID in US Gov cloud
• Jun 2026 New and changed features Product news · Generally available - Jailbreak/Root Detection in Authenticator App
• Jun 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Extended Conditional Access protections for Agent's user accounts
• Jun 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - New built-in Entra role for SOC identity response in Microsoft Defender
• Jun 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Prevent unauthorized changes to AD groups with AD group enforcement
• Jun 2026 New and changed features Product news · Upcoming change - Improved restore experience for device-bound Authenticator app passkeys on iOS
• Mon 1 Jun New and changed features Roadmap entry · Microsoft Entra: Cross-tenant security group synchronization
• Mon 1 Jun New and changed features Roadmap entry · Microsoft Entra: Account Discovery for Application Access Governance.

May 2026

• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · Expanded policy storage for passkeys (FIDO2) in Microsoft Entra ID
• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Account Discovery
• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Cross tenant group synchronization
• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - High Scale Compatibility (HSC) mode for Microsoft Entra External ID
• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Manage Agent ID sponsorship lifecycle with Lifecycle Workflows
• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Modernized My Account pages
• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - NetBiosName resolution test now informational
• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Support for passkeys in Microsoft Entra ID registration campaign
• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - System-preferred authentication expanded to first-factor in Microsoft Entra ID
• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Automate setting or clearing user attributes values in Lifecycle workflows
• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Azure Role assignments can now be governed via Entitlement Management
• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Enable soft-delete for Microsoft Entra Device objects
• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Sensitivity labels for Microsoft Entra security groups
• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Workload identity-based authentication for SAP SuccessFactors provisioning integrations
• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · Upcoming change - Enhanced admin authorization for Microsoft Entra Connect Sync configuration changes
• May 2026 New and changed features Product news · (Preview) Automatically create Microsoft Entra Agent IDs for each of your agents to scope connector permissions, Conditional Access policies, and DLP governance to indiv…

April 2026

• Wed 29 Apr New and changed features Product news · General Availability: Refresh Token (RT) Transfer to Apple Watch in Microsoft Entra External ID Native Authentication
• Thu 23 Apr New and changed features Product news · General Availability: Single Sign-On (SSO) from Native Apps to Embedded Web Views in Microsoft Entra External ID Native Authentication
• Wed 1 Apr New and changed features Product news · General Availability: Social Identity Providers for Native Authentication via Browser‑Delegated Flows (web-view) in Microsoft Entra External ID
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - As an AP requestor, I can see in My Access who my approver(s) are if the access package owner allows me to
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Configurable Token Lifetime Policies
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Enforce Conditional Access policies like MFA on every PIM activation
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Entra CBA as third option in system-preferred MFA methods
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Entra CBA Certificate Authority (CA) scoping
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - GSA Cloud Firewall for Remote Networks
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - GSA iOS client support
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Issuer Hints for Microsoft Entra CBA
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - License Usage
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Microsoft Entra Agent ID platform
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Microsoft Entra Certificate-based authentication (CBA) support on iOS and CBA as second factor
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) 2016 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Network Content Filtering based on File Types
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Prefetch Workday termination data to customize account disable logic
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability – Enabling Social Identity Providers in Entra External ID Native Authentication via browser‑delegated (web‑view) flows using SDKs for applications
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · Plan for change - Switch from basic auth to workload identity based auth for SAP SuccessFactors provisioning integrations
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · Plan for change - Update SCIM provisioning applications to use modern authentication
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Account Discovery
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - App-based branding via Branding themes in Microsoft Entra tenants
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - $count filtering in sign-ins API
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Microsoft Entra ID federation with External ID (EEID)
• Apr 2026 New and changed features Product news · Upcoming Change - Migrate from Microsoft Entra Connect Sync to Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync

March 2026

• Wed 25 Mar New and changed features Product news · Designing for Eventual Consistency for Microsoft Entra
• Tue 10 Mar Install and upgrade Entra Connect release · Microsoft Entra Connect 2.6.3.0
• Mon 9 Mar New and changed features Product news · General Availability: Email and SMS OTP as Second‑Factor MFA for Native Authentication in Entra External ID
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · Sensor v3.x support for domain controllers with Microsoft Entra Connect identity roles
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Enabling Email and SMS OTP MFA in Entra External ID Native Authentication
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Just‑in‑Time Password Migration in Microsoft Entra External ID
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Microsoft Entra Connect Health now enforces TLS 1.2
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Microsoft Single Sign-On for Linux support for authenticating with Phish-Resistant MFA credentials
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - New M365 group creation experience in My Groups
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Passkey profiles in Microsoft Entra ID
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - SCIM 2.0 APIs for Microsoft Entra ID
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Synced passkeys in Microsoft Entra ID
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Tenant configuration management APIs
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability – Improved readability for Authentication Methods Policy Update audit logs
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · Plan for change – Agent Registry consolidation into Microsoft Agent 365
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Cross-tenant security group synchronization
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Entra Hybrid Join using Entra Kerberos
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Microsoft Entra Backup and Recovery is now available
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Microsoft Entra passkeys on Windows
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Passkey Adoption Campaigns with the Conditional Access Optimization Agent
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Phased Rollout with the Conditional Access Agent
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - Related Tenants
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public preview - Secure add-on tenant creation
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public preview - Tenant configuration management administration portal experience
• Mar 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public preview - Tenant governance relationships

February 2026

• Fri 20 Feb New and changed features Roadmap entry · Microsoft Entra: App Deactivation
• Thu 12 Feb New and changed features Roadmap entry · Microsoft Entra: Microsoft Security Copilot App Lifecycle Management Agent in Microsoft Entra
• Mon 2 Feb Install and upgrade Entra Connect release · Microsoft Entra Connect 2.6.1.0
• Feb 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Custom banned password lists supported in Microsoft Entra External ID
• Feb 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Custom Block pages
• Feb 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Delegated Workflow Management in Lifecycle Workflows
• Feb 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Device authorization grant flow in Microsoft Entra External ID
• Feb 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Expanded attribute support in Lifecycle Workflows attribute changes trigger
• Feb 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - External MFA is Generally Available
• Feb 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Microsoft Entra Connect Sync now supports Windows Server 2025
• Feb 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Microsoft Entra Provisioning Service available in Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
• Feb 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Revoke previously approved access package assignments in My Access
• Feb 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Sign-in with username/alias
• Feb 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - BYOD support for Windows client using Microsoft Entra registration
• Feb 2026 New and changed features Product news · Public Preview - New end user homepage in My Account
• Feb 2026 New and changed features Product news · Upcoming change – Microsoft Entra Connect security update to block hard match for users with Microsoft Entra roles
• Feb 2026 New and changed features Product news · Upcoming Changes – Jailbreak/root Detection in Authenticator App

January 2026

• Wed 21 Jan New and changed features Roadmap entry · Microsoft Entra: ID Account Recovery
• Jan 2026 New and changed features Product news · New Entra ID user roles to support remediation actions
• Jan 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Ability to convert Source of Authority of synced on-premises AD users to cloud users is now available
• Jan 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - App-based branding via Branding themes in Entra External ID
• Jan 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Client Credentials in Microsoft Entra External ID
• Jan 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Entra Private Access for Domain Controllers
• Jan 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Improved enforcement for All resources policies with resource exclusions
• Jan 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Microsoft Entra ID Governance guest billing meter enforcement
• Jan 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Service Principal creation audit logs for alerting & monitoring
• Jan 2026 New and changed features Product news · General Availability - Session Control Conditional Access Policies in Entra External ID

December 2025

• Tue 23 Dec New and changed features Roadmap entry · Microsoft Entra: Conditional Access support for Entra ID Account Recovery
• Fri 19 Dec Install and upgrade Product news · Microsoft Entra private network connector 1.5.4594.0

November 2025

• Fri 21 Nov New and changed features Roadmap entry · Microsoft Entra: ID Account Recovery
• Wed 19 Nov Install and upgrade Entra Connect release · Microsoft Entra Connect 2.5.190.0
• Nov 2025 New and changed features Product news · (Preview) Automatically create Microsoft Entra Agent IDs for agents.

October 2025

• Fri 10 Oct Install and upgrade Product news · Microsoft Entra private network connector 1.5.4522.0

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