Tag: New-MgServicePrincipal

A recent change has exposed the applications used by the My Sign-ins portal for use in conditional access policies. This article discusses the app-centric nature of Microsoft 365 and Entra ID and why it’s important that the newly-revealed set of applications are available for conditional access processing, just in case the Entra ID agents planned by Microsoft can’t optimize your policies.

The question of how best to block PowerShell access for Microsoft 365 user accounts deserved some consideration. The answer lies in service principals for the enterprise accounts created by Microsoft to allow PowerShell modules to authenticate with Entra ID. By restricting access to an assigned security group, you effectively block access to anyone outside that group.