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Modern organizations face a growing challenge: how to manage user access securely and efficiently across cloud apps, on-premises systems, and hybrid environments, without slowing down the business. The old approach of static group memberships, manual onboarding, and ad hoc access reviews simply can’t keep up with today’s speed and scale.
That’s where Microsoft Entra ID Governance comes in — and recent updates have made it even more powerful and relevant.
While Microsoft is a newer entrant in the formal identity governance and administration (IGA) product category, it brings with it a deep legacy in identity and access management (IAM). For decades, organizations have relied on Microsoft tools like Active Directory (AD), Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), and Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) to anchor their identity infrastructure. Microsoft Entra ID Governance is the evolution of that heritage — reimagined for a modern, cloud-first world.
In this post, we’ll explore what’s new in Microsoft Entra ID Governance, why these changes matter, and how you can leverage them to strengthen your identity lifecycle, automate compliance, and simplify access decisions.
Microsoft Entra ID Governance is Microsoft’s enterprise-grade identity governance solution built directly into the Microsoft Entra platform. It provides a policy-based, automated framework to ensure that the right people have the right access to the right resources — and only for as long as they need it.
Core capabilities include:
And critically, it’s designed to be tightly integrated with Microsoft 365, Azure, and thousands of other connected applications via SCIM and API connectors.
As Microsoft continues to enhance the platform, here are some of the most impactful updates:
Modern identity governance must support speed and self-service without sacrificing oversight. Entra enables this by:
Here are three practical ways to start using what’s new in Microsoft Entra ID Governance today:
Bonus: Use Access History to train reviewers and reduce overprovisioning.
Identity governance is no longer a nice-to-have — it’s foundational to securing hybrid work, reducing insider risk, and satisfying compliance requirements. Microsoft Entra ID Governance has matured into a full-featured solution that brings automation, intelligence, and simplicity to a historically complex domain.
If your organization is still managing access manually or relying on outdated legacy IGA tools, now is the time to re-evaluate. Take the next step toward stronger security and streamlined compliance by modernizing your identity governance with Microsoft Entra ID Governance. Contact us to get started.
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