Part 3: Graph API and Graph Explorer If you are new to Graph API, Graph Explorer is a great tool to learn the first steps into the Microsoft Graph. Next to that, it will also help you to shape your custom connector in the next part. Before diving into that, we’ll need to understand how Graph API works, and how Graph Explorer can help you with that. First, let’s bookmark the Graph Explorer for future use. Graph Explorer comes with…
Part 4: Build a custom connector based on the Graph API Now that we know the basics, as discussed in previous parts, it’s time to build the custom connector. This custom connector is going to use the Graph API. Before we start building, make sure you have these things at hand: The appliation ID and secret of the app registration (part 2) The Graph Explorer, and the sample queries (part 3) A test user in Azure Active Directory A license…
Part 5: Create an app in PowerApps using a custom connector This is the part where everything comes together. In this final part of the series, we are going to build a PowerApp based on the custom connector that we created. There is some stuff that you have to figure out on your own, like how to edit text on a button, or how to change color, icon type, and borders for example. Most of the stuff is just drag-and-drop.…
(Bonus) Part 6: Integrate with Power Automate This is the last part of this series where we are going to add one more feature to our PowerApp. The app is already capable of creating, listing, and deleting a Temporary Access Pass for a user. In this episode, we create a button that will send the Temporary Access Pass to the mobile phone number of the user. In the previous parts, we used a custom connector straight from the PowerApp, but…
I’ve done quite some Azure MFA implementations over the past few years, and none of them were the same. But one thing that was often the same is the way Azure MFA (or SSPR) was implemented: in two steps. First, you want to get your users enrolled ASAP. Once everybody (or at least the vast majority) is enrolled, you can enforce Azure MFA, so that your identities are better protected against phishing. It is pretty straightforward. Registration methods There are…
Today we take a look at a new feature in Azure Active Directory that brings more granularity to the MFA requirement for device registration and Azure AD domain join. Up until now this was a tenant-wide setting and could be either set on or off. Because this setting was having some caveats and causing some inconvenience for end-users, this setting was mostly disabled, despite the fact that this is not the recommended option. It is recommended to enforce MFA before…
This blog post is all about the new Temporary Access Pass in Azure Active Directory. At the time of writing, this feature is not officially announced, but the policy, settings, and API are now available. Time to dive in for some first experiences. What is a Temporary Access Pass? As the documentation states, a Temporary Access Pass (TAP) is a time-limited passcode that serves as a strong credential and allows the onboarding of passwordless credentials. This is a big step…
Privileged Identity Management (PIM) in Azure Active Directory is getting more and more popular. But how do you get started? Like any successful project, it all starts with a good inventory of the current situation. You need to identify the problem before it can be resolved. The problem we are talking about is standing access to high privilege roles. If you are not familiar with PIM, please check out this blog post first. Discovery and insights, formerly known as Security…
Number matching and passwordless phone sign-in. I was used to it for a couple of months already because this feature was previously launched for personal Microsoft accounts like Outlook or Hotmail. It’s now available (preview) in Azure AD to use with your work or school account. When this feature is enabled, users are asked to match the number in the sign-in screen with the number in the Authenticator app. After that, the user needs to authenticate through PIN or biometric…
In this series, we take a look at Azure Active Directory Identity Governance. This premium feature provides you with all the tools that you need to take and keep control over your (external) identities and access to roles, resources, applications, and groups. In short, Identity Governance gives you three ways to do this: Azure AD Access Reviews (review membership of groups and access to applications) Azure AD Privileged Identity Management (manage time-based and approval-based role activation to protect your resources with just-in-time…