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Retirement of Azure AD Graph API and legacy Powershell modules from 30. June 2023
Beginning 30. June 2023, Microsoft start the planned retirement of the Azure AD Graph service and three PowerShell modules; Azure AD, Azure AD-Preview and MS Online. Although applications using Azure AD Graph APIs will continue to work after 30. June 2023, there will be no service level agreement or maintenance commitment beyond security-related fixes. The… Read More »
Azure AD Cross-tenant synchronization in public preview
Microsoft opened the public preview for the new cross-tenant synchronization, which enables automatic provisioning and lifecycle management of user accounts across tenants. This function simplifies a number of the previous challenges for multi-tenant organizations that need close collaboration between employees with easy sharing of both data and applications across tenants. This new feature expands the… Read More »
Trusting MFA and device state for Azure AD external users
Azure Active Directory offers the ability to trust MFA and device compliance claims from other Azure AD tenants. Enabling MFA trust with another tenant streamlines the sign-in process for B2B collaboration users and enables access for B2B direct connect users. If you want to allow B2B direct connect with an external organization and your Conditional… Read More »
More integrated cross-tenant collaboration options in Azure AD
Microsoft recently introduced new features that will enable organizations to get a more integrated collaboration and trust experience between multiple Azure AD tenants. Azure AD now include the B2B direct connect feature that allow you to configure a mutual trust relationship with another Azure AD organization for more seamless and integrated collaboration. Currently, this feature… Read More »
How to enable a CSP customer to view Azure usage charges
Use the following instructions to enable the policy allowing customers to view Azure usage charges for CSP provided Azure Plans using their own Azure portal. Prerequisites:You must be a member of the Admin agent CSP role to view and update the policy. First, open the Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com/#home) in the partners CSP tenant and sign… Read More »
Azure Reservations with monthly payments
Microsoft just introduced a new way to pay for Azure Reservations that enables customers and partners to lower their upfront payments while enjoying discounts offered by Azure reservation. Previously, Azure reservations required the whole term payment up front, which reduced the attractiveness for many customers. Now you have the choice between paying for reservations upfront… Read More »
File shares in the cloud with Azure File Storage
During the recent AzureCon a bunch of new Azure services was announced, including the very exciting and much requested Azure File Storage, which enables offboarding traditionel file service to Microsoft Azure. Microsoft Azure now offers fully managed file shares in the cloud, across all public Azure regions! Azure File Storage is managed from the Azure… Read More »
Azure Active Directory B2C released
Azure Active Directory B2C is a new enterprise-grade, multi-tenant, cloud service that provided a secure cloud identity platform for consumer-facing applications, supporting authentication and management of consumer identities. The new service is based on open-standards and provide cross-platform support, adding modern identity and security capabilities to iOS, Android, Windows, and browser-based applications and services. Using… Read More »