The first in a multi-part Microsoft Entra webinar series, our Entra Essentials webinar will guide you through the Microsoft Entra ecosystem, showcasing how recent updates and additions can truly revolutionise your IAM strategy. Our first session will focus providing an overview of Microsoft Entra’s extensive capabilities, with a deep dive on new and improved capabilities. You will learn how Microsoft Entra can help simplify or consolidate historical IAM solutions, modernise your HR onboarding processes, enhance the governance of user identities and entitlements, and improve compliance against frameworks such as NIST CSF 2.0, CIS and the ACSC Essential Eight. You'll gain insights into essential use cases that demonstrate creative solutions for common business challenges, via easy-to-deploy features and integration patterns that benefit both your organisation and end users. This webinar promises actionable takeaways that will help you unlock the full potential of your Microsoft Entra investment.

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Agenda:

1. What is Microsoft Entra?

   • Introduction to Microsoft Entra and its key features.

   • Understanding the evolution from Azure AD to Entra.

2. New Features and Enhancements 

   • Look at what's new in Microsoft Entra.

   • Key improvements, Passkeys, 3rd party MFA support, Verified ID, Security Service Edge

3. Powerful use Cases

   • Combine HR Driven Provisioning and Lifecycle Workflows to automate the entire user lifecycle journey across Entra ID and Active Directory.

   • How to provide a completely passwordless day 1 experience for new starters.

   • PIM and Authentication Context, the ultimate pairing.

   • Working with on-premises Active Directory environments