Microsoft this week announced a few Azure Active Directory improvements. The improvements include a "Converged Authentication Methods" addition for centralizing the management of authentication ...

October 9, 2026ConclusionOrganizations using global PATs in Azure DevOps Services must migrate to organization-scoped PATs or Microsoft Entra ID-based authentication by December 1, 2026. Microsoft has ...

Starting in July, Microsoft will begin gradually enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users signing into Azure to administer resources. After first completing the rollout for the Azure ...

Microsoft this week announced a preview of "Authentication Strength," a new control for organizations using the Azure Active Directory Conditional Access service. Authentication Strength lets IT pros ...

As most administrators know, a data breach can devastate an organization. Azure multifactor authentication is one way to add an additional layer of security to prevent unsanctioned access. Multifactor ...

Hybrid cloud identity and access management services add complexity and opportunity for attackers to network authentication processes, as recently demonstrated for Azure AD. It’s been common knowledge ...

Microsoft disclosed a cluster of 12 vulnerabilities affecting Azure and M365 environments. Among them was CVE-2026-85889, an authentication bypass in Azure AI Foundry-the enterprise platform designed ...

On September 28 and September 29 this week, a number of Microsoft customers worldwide were impacted by a cascading series of problems resulting in many being unable to access their Microsoft apps and ...

Starting in October, all Microsoft Azure customers will be required to have multifactor authentication (MFA) enabled on their accounts, Microsoft said. From Microsoft ...

The latest move will enable MFA as the default security setting even for older Azure accounts. Microsoft is taking a more aggressive step to try to protect users of Azure Active Directory from account ...