Sunday, 9 August 2026

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Hard-match remediation guidance now explicitly requires resetting the protection flag

A troubleshooting update for Microsoft Entra ID clarifies the commands used to enable and verify `AllowOnPremUpdateOfOnPremisesObjectIdentifierEnabled`. It also documents restoring the setting to `$false` after remediation, so hard-match protection is re-enabled. This is a procedural documentation clarification, not evidence of a new feature or changed service behavior.

Entra ID · Troubleshooting
Revised Microsoft Graph troubleshooting commands clarify hard-match remediation
The updated Entra ID guidance shows clearer commands for enabling and verifying `AllowOnPremUpdateOfOnPremisesObjectIdentifierEnabled`, and explicitly includes the step to restore it to `$false` after remediation.

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The documentation now uses clearer commands to enable and verify `AllowOnPremUpdateOfOnPremisesObjectIdentifierEnabled`, and explicitly shows how to set it back to `$false` after remediation to re-enable hard match protection.