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Announcing the General Availability (GA) of Native Authentication for Microsoft Entra External ID

Introducing the General Availability (GA) of Native Authentication for Microsoft Entra External ID! A feature that allows you to design and control the sign-in experience within your mobile apps.

Introducing seamless authentication with Power Pages and Microsoft Entra External ID

Announcing the public preview of Microsoft Entra External ID as an identity provider for Microsoft Power Pages, streamlining authentication for your external-facing apps. With Power Pages, you can launch a website in minutes, and External ID provides robust tools to secure external identities, with extensive customization options available.

Sep 2024: A look at the latest Microsoft Entra key feature releases, announcements, and updates

An overview of the latest updates in Microsoft Entra for Sep 2024. Discover how these new capabilities can be integrated into your projects for optimal performance and security.

Announcing the General Availability (GA) of Microsoft Entra External ID extension for Visual Studio Code

Explore the new Microsoft Entra External ID extension for Visual Studio Code, now Generally Available (GA), created to simplify CIAM integration in your development process. See how this extension provides a smooth experience for setting up External ID applications from within VS Code.

Add enhanced flexibility to your apps with custom claims on Native Authentication

Discover how the custom claims feature, now available in public preview for Native Authentication on Microsoft Entra External ID, enhances your app's authentication process. This new capability allows you to tailor app behavior, based on specific user data, by allowing apps to dynamically add custom claims to authentication tokens via a custom claims provider during user sign-up or sign-in.

How to build customized Power BI dashboards with user insights data in External ID

The user insights feature in Microsoft Entra External ID, now generally available, provides valuable metrics on user behavior through Microsoft Graph APIs and dashboards in the Microsoft Entra admin center. This blog post will guide you through building a customized Power BI dashboard using user insights to analyze metrics like total user count, active users, and MFA usage.

Aug 2024: A look at the latest Microsoft Entra key feature releases, announcements, and updates

An overview of the latest updates in Microsoft Entra for Aug 2024. Discover how these new capabilities can be integrated into your projects for optimal performance and security.

Securing your Azure deployments with PSRule

PSRule for Azure is a powerful tool designed to validate your Azure Infrastructure as Code (IaC). PSRule runs checks based on the Well-Architected Framework, helping you ensure your Azure solutions follow security best practices. See how to integrate PSRule into your workflow, and catch security issues in your IaC templates early.

Announcing a new learning module for evaluating and building with Microsoft Entra External ID
Announcing a new learning module that helps you explore Microsoft Entra External ID. This module guides you through building a website for an online grocery store, demonstrating how to use External ID for customer sign-ups and sign-ins. It's a perfect starting point if you're new to External ID, offering a hands-on way to create a proof-of-concept project while discovering the platform's features and capabilities.