Category Archives: What's New
What's New in Entra ID for August 2024
Entra ID, previously known as Azure AD is Microsoft's Identity Management-as-a-Service solution, offering seamless access, easy collaboration, efficiency in IT processes and improved security and compliance. In its Release Notes for Entra ID and in the Message Center, Microsoft communicated the following planned, new and changed functionality for Entra ID for August 2024: What's Planned […]
On-premises Identity-related updates and fixes for August 2024
Even though Microsoft’s Identity focus moves towards the cloud, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 still receive updates to improve the experiences and security of Microsoft’s on-premises powerhouses. This is the list of Identity-related updates and fixes we saw for August 2024: Windows Server 2016 We observed the following update […]
What's New in Veeam Backup and Replication v12.2 for Identity Admins
Today, Veeam released v12.2.0.334 of its Backup and Replication (VBR) core product and v12.2.0.4093 of Veeam ONE. Veeam also introduced v6.2 of the Veeam Agent for Windows and the Veeam Agent for Linux. Additionally, the latest version of Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV is v6 since today, The focus of these releases is on […]
VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 3 adds federation support for four Identity Providers
On June 25th, 2024, Broadcom made vSphere 8.0 Update 3 generally available. In the details of the Release Notes for vSphere 8.0 Update 3 and ESXi 8.0 Update 3, Broadcom announces PingFederate Support in vSphere Identity Federation. This is a huge update for Identity and Access admins using VMware's virtualization platform as it broadens their options […]
What's New in Entra ID for July 2024
Entra ID, previously known as Azure AD is Microsoft's Identity Management-as-a-Service solution, offering seamless access, easy collaboration, efficiency in IT processes and improved security and compliance. In its Release Notes for Entra ID, Microsoft communicated the following planned, new and changed functionality for Entra ID for July 2024: What's Planned New SAML applications can't receive […]
On-premises Identity-related updates and fixes for July 2024
Even though Microsoft’s Identity focus moves towards the cloud, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 still receive updates to improve the experiences and security of Microsoft’s on-premises powerhouses. This is the list of Identity-related updates and fixes we saw for July 2024: Windows Server 2016 We observed the following update […]
Why backing up and restoring Entra ID with Veeam is a big thing
During the Opening Keynote of VeeamON 2024 in Fort Lauderdale from June 3rd, 2024, to June 5th, 2024, Anton Gostev, Chief Product Officer at Veeam announced providing data resilience for several new platforms, including Entra ID (previously known as Azure AD). As a Veeam Vanguard, I have had many discussions with Veeam leadership stressing out […]
On-premises Identity-related updates and fixes for June 2024
Even though Microsoft’s Identity focus moves towards the cloud, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 still receive updates to improve the experiences and security of Microsoft’s on-premises powerhouses. This is the list of Identity-related updates and fixes we saw for June 2024: Windows Server 2016 We observed the following update […]
What's New in Entra ID for June 2024
Entra ID, previously known as Azure AD is Microsoft's Identity Management-as-a-Service solution, offering seamless access, easy collaboration, efficiency in IT processes and improved security and compliance. In its Release Notes for Entra ID, Microsoft communicated the following planned, new and changed functionality for Entra ID for June 2024: What's Planned Refactored account details screen in […]
What's New in Entra ID for May 2024
Entra ID, previously known as Azure AD is Microsoft's Identity Management-as-a-Service solution, offering seamless access, easy collaboration, efficiency in IT processes and improved security and compliance. In its Release Notes for Entra ID, through the Microsoft 365 Message Center, The What's New hub in the Entra Portal and Build's Book of News, Microsoft communicated the following […]
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