A way to handle distributions lists with Entra ID Governance

If you have been working with Entra ID Governance, you probably figured out that there is no native way of working with Exchange Online (or On-premises Exchange) resources. So, you will have to get creative in how to manage members of distribution lists memberships at a scale in Entra ID Governance. In this blog post … Read more

Using Entra ID Governance and Sentinel to assure user alignment with HR data

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

Assign Teams Phone number to users with Lifecycle Workflows in Entra ID Governance

When new employees are about to start in a company, one of the tasks that needs to be done before the employees have its first day is to assign a phone number to them, so they are able to make and receive phone call in their everyday work. If you are using Microsoft Teams in … Read more

Create a user mailbox using Lifecycle Workflows in Microsoft Entra ID Governance

When I started using Microsoft Entra ID Governance Lifecycle workflows to handle Joiners in my company, the first task I wanted to accomplish using the Lifecycle workflows was the creating of a new employee’s mailbox in a hybrid environment. Creating of user mailboxes is not an out-of-of-the-box task in Lifecycle Workflows, but it can be … Read more

Monitor Lifecycle Workflows status in Entra ID Governance

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

Create onboarding Lifecycle Workflows using Microsoft Entra ID Governance

Onboarding of users is something that should not be taken lightly as it’s a first impressions matter as lot and it says a great deal about an IT department for new users when the start that they have everything need to get started for the job they were hired to do. There are of course … Read more

Using API-driven user provisioning with an Azure SQL database as a source of truth

Automating API-Driven User Provisioning with an Azure SQL Database. This post guides you through setting up an Azure SQL database and, integrating it with your HR system’s API, and then automating user creation and updates in Active Directory using API-driven provisioning to on-premises Active Directory

Configure EmployeeHireDate and EmployeeLeaveDateTime in Active Directory to be used with Microsoft Entra ID Governance.

To fully use Microsoft Entra ID Governance – more precisely lifecycle workflows -, you do need to configure a few things, although it is not mandatory to do it since all the lifecycle workflows can be run on-demand. But the whole purpose of lifecycle workflows is that they should run automatically based on attribute changes … Read more