Access packages in Entra ID Governance are a great way to bundle resources together and then provide a user or multiple users access to these resources or access to resources via security groups. But what happens when a user gets removed from a security group that is part of an access package? The answer to … Read more
A few days ago, I received a ticket regarding three users from the same department who were missing access to an application. I knew this application was assigned to them through an access package. Since all three were new users, I wondered what had happened when the access package was assigned. The first thing I … Read more
Have you ever asked yourself this question after setting up Microsoft Entra ID Lifecycle Workflows and API-driven user provisioning: “What happens if one of my colleagues changes a user attribute in Active Directory (AD), will Entra ID Governance correct it?” The answer to this question is: “No, it won’t”. Or like an IT consultant would … Read more
A few days ago, I was doing some maintenance on my company’s Lifecycle Workflows and discovered that one of the Lifecycle workflows had the same failed task every time the Lifecycle workflow had run. The task is a Custom Extension task (PowerShell based). This got me thinking about how I could get a notification when … Read more
Service Principals in your Microsoft cloud environment has long been a nice and convenient way to provide access to resources like SharePoint Online, Entra ID, Microsoft Graph or Azure resources by using a secret (password) or a certificate, and by then combining it with the client ID (username) for the Service Principles to be able … Read more
