Practical Identity & Microsoft 365 administration
Verified updates, real-world SOPs, and scripts from production experience. Written by an M365 & Identity admin, for admins.
Latest admin updates
Section titled “Latest admin updates”Every update answers four questions: what changed, who is affected, what to do, and by when — with a link to the official Microsoft source.
- Entra ID: guests can now use passkeys issued by your tenantB2B guest and external users can register passkeys in your (resource) tenant to satisfy your MFA requirements. On by default — check who is in scope.
- Entra ID Backup & Recovery: 30-day point-in-time restore for Entra objectsExtended 30-day backup and recovery for Entra objects is coming through Microsoft 365 Backup. The existing 7-day recovery in P1/P2 is unchanged.
Featured SOPs & guides
Section titled “Featured SOPs & guides”- SC-300 study plan: Identity and Access Administrator in 30 daysA practical week-by-week plan for the Microsoft SC-300 exam — what to study, what to build in a lab, and the traps to avoid.
- Entra ID interview questions with scenario answersCommon Microsoft Entra ID and Conditional Access interview questions, with the reasoning interviewers listen for.
- Export all Conditional Access policies to JSON and CSV with Microsoft GraphA read-only PowerShell script that backs up every Conditional Access policy as JSON and writes a one-line-per-policy CSV summary.
- SOP: Review a Conditional Access baseline (7 checks)A repeatable review that catches the Conditional Access mistakes behind most lockouts and security gaps.
Explore
Section titled “Explore”Admin UpdatesVerified Microsoft changes with the admin impact spelled out.
Troubleshooting KBError code or symptom → cause → fix.
SOP LibraryStep-by-step procedures with rollback, do's and don'ts.
ScriptsRead-only PowerShell and Microsoft Graph scripts.
Cert PrepStudy plans for MS-102, SC-300, SC-200 and MD-102.
Interview PrepQuestions by role and scenario, with model answers.
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The Identity Brief
Identity & Microsoft 365 changes that need action, one SOP, one script — every week. Verified against official Microsoft sources.
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