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Entra ID Just Made Passkeys the Default. Here's What MSPs Need to Do Before February

Entra ID began making passkeys the default authentication method on September 1, 2026, with SMS and voice retiring in February 2027. Here is what MSPs managing multiple tenants nee...

M Michael ·  Sep 5, 2026  · 2 min read
Entra ID Just Made Passkeys the Default. Here's What MSPs Need to Do Before February
Legacy Entra ID risk policies retire october 1: What MSPs Need to Migrate Now
Compliance & Baselines

Legacy Entra ID risk policies retire october 1: What MSPs Need to Migrate Now

Microsoft is retiring the legacy user risk and sign-in risk policies in Entra ID Protection on October 1, 2026. Here is what MSPs...

M Michael · Sep 4 · 2 min
Intune's Remote Help now lets helpers sign directly into a locked Windows device without the user present.
MSP Operations

Intune's Remote Help now lets helpers sign directly into a locked Windows device without the user present.

Intune's Remote Help now lets helpers sign directly into a locked Windows device without the user present. Here is what the new re...

M Michael · Aug 29 · 2 min
Transferring Recurring Meetings During Offboarding Just Got a Supported Answer
MSP Operations

Transferring Recurring Meetings During Offboarding Just Got a Supported Answer

Exchange Online's new Invoke-ChangeMeetingOrganizer cmdlet lets you hand off a departing employee's recurring meetings without rec...

M Michael · Aug 28 · 3 min
The Defender Threat Intelligence Portal Is Gone. Check Your Runbooks and Your Invoices.
Compliance & Baselines

The Defender Threat Intelligence Portal Is Gone. Check Your Runbooks and Your Invoices.

The standalone Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence portal retired on August 1, 2026, and Premium TI capabilities are now bundle...

M Michael · Aug 26 · 2 min
Intune Custom Compliance Scripts May Rerun Hourly, Not Every Eight Hours
Compliance & Baselines

Intune Custom Compliance Scripts May Rerun Hourly, Not Every Eight Hours

A newer Intune Management Extension build shows evidence of re-evaluating custom compliance discovery scripts roughly every hour i...

M Michael · Aug 25 · 2 min
Why healthy Windows devices fell out of Intune compliance after the July 2026 updates
MSP Operations

Why healthy Windows devices fell out of Intune compliance after the July 2026 updates

Windows builds from 14 July 2026 left newly provisioned devices stuck noncompliant, with BitLocker, Secure Boot and code integrity...

M Michael · Aug 9 · 2 min
Registry inventory in Microsoft Intune: verify what’s on your devices
Compliance & Baselines

Registry inventory in Microsoft Intune: verify what’s on your devices

Intune now collects Windows registry data through the properties catalog so you can verify real device configuration without custo...

M Michael · Jul 30 · 2 min
Microsoft 365 pricing and Copilot packaging changed on July 1, 2026: an MSP action plan
MSP Operations

Microsoft 365 pricing and Copilot packaging changed on July 1, 2026: an MSP action plan

Microsoft's July 1, 2026 pricing and packaging updates folded Copilot into small business plans and raised list prices across many...

M Michael · Jul 27 · 1 min
Intune Remediations and Run Remediation: automate fixes at device scale
Product Updates

Intune Remediations and Run Remediation: automate fixes at device scale

Proactive Remediations is now Remediations in Intune. Use built-in or custom remediation scripts and the new Run Remediation devic...

M Michael · Jul 27 · 2 min
Entra Admin Control for Windows SSO Prompts: What MSPs Should Do Now
Microsoft 365 Security

Entra Admin Control for Windows SSO Prompts: What MSPs Should Do Now

Microsoft added a registry-based admin control that can automatically accept SSO prompts on managed Windows 11 devices. MSPs shoul...

M Michael · Jul 26 · 2 min
Passkeys become the default in Entra ID starting September 1 2026
Microsoft 365 Security

Passkeys become the default in Entra ID starting September 1 2026

Microsoft will roll out passkeys as the default sign in experience in Entra ID starting September 1, 2026 and retire Microsoft-pro...

M Michael · Jul 23 · 2 min
June 2026 Conditional Access changes: what MSPs must check now
Microsoft 365 Security

June 2026 Conditional Access changes: what MSPs must check now

Microsoft is enforcing two Conditional Access changes in June 2026 that can break automation and mobile controls: All-resources po...

M Michael · Jul 23 · 2 min