Latest news and updates about Entra ID.
Microsoft Entra’s May 2026 updates focus heavily on Global Secure Access, certificate-based authentication, and stronger privileged access controls. The new capabilities help IT teams extend Zero Trust protections to branch offices, mobile devices, external users, and AI workloads while improving usability and policy enforcement.
Microsoft is expanding its passkey-first strategy in Entra ID by addressing the security gaps that remain after passkey deployment, including fallback credentials and weak account recovery. New capabilities such as Windows passkeys, passkey-preferred authentication, and generally available Entra ID account recovery help organizations reduce phishing and social engineering risk while improving user experience.
Microsoft has launched a five-part Secure identity foundation with Microsoft Entra webinar series focused on passwordless authentication, Conditional Access, ID Protection, Tenant Governance, and Backup and Recovery. The series gives IT and security teams practical deployment guidance to strengthen access management, improve tenant visibility, and build more resilient identity protections across cloud and hybrid environments.
Microsoft has announced new generally available and preview capabilities for Entra Internet Access and Entra Private Access, with a strong focus on securing AI, web, and private app traffic. The updates give IT teams more visibility into shadow AI, prompt injection risks, unmanaged devices, and private app access while extending Zero Trust controls across more scenarios.
Microsoft’s latest Entra guidance explains SASE fundamentals for organizations modernizing secure access in cloud-first and hybrid work environments. The post clarifies how SASE differs from SSE, how it supports Zero Trust, and how teams can begin with Microsoft Global Secure Access.
Microsoft has introduced Account Discovery in Microsoft Entra ID Governance public preview to help organizations identify existing user accounts and permissions inside connected applications. The feature gives identity teams a clearer view of matched, unassigned, and orphaned accounts so they can bring unmanaged access under policy and reduce identity risk.
Microsoft has outlined how identity standards are evolving to support AI agents and other non-human identities in enterprise environments. The company highlights key standards work around trust bootstrapping, delegation, and reducing shared-secret use, signaling important changes for Entra administrators planning secure AI agent access.
Microsoft is positioning Entra Agent ID as the identity foundation for governing AI agents as first-class identities across the enterprise. Combined with Microsoft Agent 365, it gives organizations centralized visibility, lifecycle governance, and Conditional Access-style protections to reduce risk as agent adoption accelerates.
Microsoft has made the Tenant Configuration Management (TCM) APIs in Microsoft Graph generally available, giving organizations a scalable way to define, export, monitor, and manage tenant configurations. The release matters because it enables a configuration-as-code approach in Microsoft Entra, helping IT teams reduce drift, improve compliance, and automate governance across multi-tenant environments.
Microsoft has made License usage insights generally available in the Microsoft Entra admin center, giving IT admins clearer visibility into license entitlements and premium feature adoption. The update adds six months of usage trends, active versus guest user reporting, and Copilot prompt suggestions to support budgeting, compliance, and rollout planning.
Microsoft Entra’s Q1 2026 roundup introduces passkey enhancements, new governance APIs, External MFA general availability, and broader Conditional Access enforcement. The updates matter for IT teams because several changes require policy reviews, sync planning, and helpdesk preparation before enforcement deadlines in May and June 2026.
Microsoft highlights new research showing that AI adoption is rapidly expanding identity and network access risk, with AI agents, GenAI use, and fragmented tools increasing incidents across enterprises. The report argues that organizations need a more unified access strategy, or "access fabric," to improve visibility, enforce policy faster, and reduce risk as AI scales.