🟪 New March 2026 Microsoft 365 updates are live
Key changes for Teams Outlook and admin controls 🚀
💡 Teams video meeting recaps
🔍 Teams external bot detection
⚖️ SPO OTP retirement to Entra B2B
Rollouts include timelines and admin impacts across core apps. Which update matters most for your team?
🚨 Entra ID External MFA (old name was External Authentication Methods) is now Generally Available.
Custom Controls is being deprecated on 30 Sept 2026.
Here's how to check your usage.
https://thedxt.ca/2026/03/microsoft-entra-id-external-mfa/
#Entra #MFA #M365 #Microsoft #Microsoft365 #ConditionalAccess
Microsoft recently announced that External Authentication Methods has been renamed to External MFA and is Generally Available. Microsoft also announced that Custom Controls is being deprecated, with its deprecation currently planned for September 30th, 2026. Microsoft Entra ID External MFA (formerly External Authentication Methods) replaces Custom Controls. Here is a brief timeline of Custom... Read More Read More
Azure DevOps is moving some auth flows to Entra token issuance this summer, so token payloads will stop being readable by clients.
The exact mechanism isn’t specified (JWE would be my guess), but anything decoding tokens to read claims like UPN or tenant ID will break — no graceful degradation.
Most likely to hit internal tooling and scripts, but worth a check either way.
Supported path: Azure DevOps REST APIs for user and org data.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/authentication-tokens-are-not-a-data-contract/
Authentication tokens exist to answer one question: is this caller authorized to do this? They are not intended to be a stable data interface, a schema you can depend on, or an input into application logic. If your application decodes tokens and reads claims from them, this is an important heads-up. Token Claims Were Never […]
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#Microsoft brings #phishing-resistant #Windows sign-ins via #Entra #passkeys
Waar begin je als organisatie met #digitalesouvereiniteit. En dan m.n. hoe maak je je onafhankelijker van het Hotel California van #Microsoft. Velen denken aan kleine, makkelijke applicaties, laaghangend fruit etc.
Langzaam begin ik echter te zien: Richt je op het vermijden/verlaten van #Entra ID als #IdentityProvider.
Wanneer je daar een andere oplossing voor hebt, kan je SSO methodiek volgen. Daarna is het maken van keuzes mbt alle andere applicaties in je netwerk bijna triviaal.
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