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We’re excited to announce the General Availability of Social Identity Provider (IdP) support for Native Authentication in Microsoft Entra External ID. This release enables developers to integrate popular social sign‑in options such as Google, Facebook, and Apple — into native and single‑page applications that use Native Authentication. Importantly,...

Microsoft Entra is a globally distributed service that provides identity and access management to millions of customers world-wide. To scale reliably and remain resilient during failures, Microsoft Entra uses an eventually consistent directory model. Key takeaway A successful write to Microsoft Entra does not guarantee that an immediate read will...

Today we’re announcing the general availability of Email and SMS one‑time passcode (OTP) as second‑factor MFA for Native Authentication in Microsoft Entra External ID. This enables developers to add step‑up security to native sign‑in and sign‑up flows while keeping users fully inside their applications. This release focuses exclusively on MFA as a...