Merill Fernando 💚
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- It's 2026. If you are not using an agent to help resolve your product bugs, tickets and issues you are doing it wrong.
- PSA: If your org is using SalesForce with Entra and you are seeing additional prompts from Feb 3 it's most probably due to this👇 TLDR: A Conditional Access policy enforcing MFA for the SalesForce app will send the right claims and resolve SSO issues. To learn more see: learn.microsoft.com/...
- Have you had a chance to check out this week's Entra news? Get it at https://entra.news
- I talked to Eric Woodruff who got 600 employees on 100% phishing-resistant auth in 3 months. Watch the latest episode of https://entra.chat to learn how they did it.
- 👋 Check out this new Microsoft Entra blog post 👇 Upcoming Conditional Access change: Improved enforcement for policies with resource exclusions techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft...
- 👋 Check out this new Microsoft Entra blog post 👇 Simplify your identity landscape, reduce risk, and modernize access for any identity techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft...
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- Service principals worked for static apps. AI agents changed the rules. 🎙️ New Entra Chat episode with Padma Parthasarathy on why Microsoft built Entra Agent Registry + Agent ID • Agent collections & discovery • AI agent governance at scale • Securing the Agent 365 ecosystem
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- 🚨 Global Secure Access ≠ “replace VPN and done.” I just published a new podcast with Chris Brum where we break down real-world Microsoft GSA deployments 🧵👇
- Nicolas Blank joins https://Entra.Chat to show how the same instincts that make you protect your newborn are the foundation of Zero Trust. Learn his executive-friendly approach using emotional analogies, practical Microsoft Zero Trust guidance & how to accelerate your journey in 2026.
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- Hot take: Your network and identity teams shouldn't be separate anymore. The wall between them just fell and nobody noticed. Keren and Thomas from Microsoft explain why in our latest episode 👇
- Merry Christmas from down under folks! 🇦🇺 🪃 🐨 🦘 🎄 🎅
- I had the attacker’s IP. I had the logs. But I was powerless to stop them. 🤯 This is the "Identity Trap" @LouisMastelinck (Microsoft MVP) revealed on the latest Entra Chat. Most of us think we’re safe because we have Guest Access policies and MFA turned on.
- 👋 Check out this new Microsoft Entra blog post 👇 Securing the AI era starts with identity techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft...
- 👋 Check out this new Microsoft Entra blog post 👇 Surfing the AI Wave: Manage, Govern, and Protect AI Agents with Microsoft Entra Agent ID techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft...
- 👋 Check out this new Microsoft Entra blog post 👇 Synced passkeys and high assurance account recovery
- 🧵 Just recorded an AMAZING episode on extending Microsoft Entra ID Jan Bakker is a wizard at automating Entra and making it do new things! Here are 7 tips from the king of Entra automation: 👇
- 👋 Check out this new Microsoft Entra blog post 👇 What’s new in Microsoft Entra – November 2025 techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft...
- 🤔 Imagine asking your tenant, "Do I have any global admins that don't have phishing resistant authentication?" and getting an instant, accurate answer without writing a single line of code. 🤯 The way we interact with Microsoft Graph is changing forever.
- I do lots of testing in my dev tenant and I can't imagine life without MCPs. As I work on maester.dev and aka.ms/ztassess I now heavily use Microsoft's official MCP Server ( aka.ms/entra/mcp ) When I need to do updates I switch to my own MCP lokka.dev
- 👋 Check out this new Microsoft Entra blog post 👇 ICYMI: Watch replays of Microsoft Entra sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2025 techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft...
