Week in brief

User.ReadBasic.All loses app-role and license access as Entra automates passkey prompts

Two administrator-facing changes stand out. Microsoft Graph will narrow User.ReadBasic.All from mid-September 2026, requiring affected applications to use User.Read.All or LicenseAssignment.Read.All for the removed data. At the same time, optimized Entra passkey registration campaigns will automatically prompt eligible users based on qualifying passkey profiles as rollout starts in early September. The period also carries a Global Secure Access Internet Access and Purview DLP milestone plus two new External ID implementation guides. Most remaining entries are lower-action documentation maintenance, including link consolidation, Copilot renaming, and legacy My Staff references.

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    User.ReadBasic.All will lose two data-access paths

    Starting mid-September 2026, User.ReadBasic.All will no longer allow applications to read user app role assignments or license details. Applications that need this data must move to User.Read.All or LicenseAssignment.Read.All to avoid disruption; Microsoft says the change addresses a security issue.

  • Entra’s optimized passkey registration campaign experience automatically prompts eligible users based on qualifying passkey profiles. Rollout begins in early September 2026; administrators should review campaign configurations and user assignments before rollout.

  • Microsoft Purview DLP integrates with Entra Global Secure Access Internet Access to filter sensitive files at the network layer and prevent leaks to unmanaged cloud apps. The Message Center notice lists general availability by October 2026; using it requires policy configuration, TLS inspection, and Purview pay-as-you-go activation.

  • A new External ID article covers adding configured OIDC, SAML/WS-Fed, or social identity providers to a user flow, including prerequisites, permissions, portal steps, and testing. It provides one central procedure for making those providers available on self-service sign-up pages.

  • A new External ID article documents Quick setup, app registration, credential creation, and issuing and verifying credentials. It also records custom-domain requirements, shared signing keys, a two-requests-per-second-per-tenant limit, and six-month credential validity for implementation planning.

For Entra administrators

Prioritize application inventory and permission updates before the mid-September Graph change. Review passkey campaign configurations and user assignments before rollout. If adopting Purview DLP through Internet Access, plan for policy configuration, TLS inspection, and Purview pay-as-you-go activation. For External ID work, use the new guides to check prerequisites, permissions, and stated tenant limits before implementation.

This period briefing was generated by AI from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.

Updates this week

5

Authentication Qr Code

Doc update

The QR code authentication documentation now links to the main My Staff setup page instead of a specific section anchor.

11 September 2026

Fido2 Compatibility

Doc update

The table now refers to “Microsoft Copilot (Office)” instead of “Microsoft 365 Copilot (Office)”; compatibility indicators are unchanged.

11 September 2026

Microsoft Entra: Optimized passkey registration campaign experience

New

Microsoft Entra is enhancing passkey registration campaigns to optimize user experience and increase phishing-resistant authentication adoption. Eligible users will be automatically prompted based on qualifying passkey profiles. Rollout begins early September 2026. Administrators should review campaign configurations and user assignments before rollout.

9 September 2026
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Sspr Writeback

Doc update

The documentation now states that when Cloud Sync and Connect Sync are configured for the same domain, Cloud Sync processes password writeback for users synchronized from that domain.

7 September 2026
4

Use My Staff to delegate user management

Retirement

My Staff access is now determined by administrative role assignments and their administrative unit scope. The legacy settings under Manage user feature settings no longer affect behavior and are being removed.

11 September 2026

Licensing Service Plan Reference

Doc update

Several licensing entries now use updated Microsoft 365 Copilot product names, including Education, Finance, and Sales offerings.

11 September 2026

Licensing Service Plan Reference

Doc update

Several entries now use Microsoft Copilot branding instead of Microsoft 365 Copilot branding. Their service plan identifiers and mappings remain unchanged in the documented rows.

11 September 2026

My Staff Configure

Doc update

The page no longer identifies the legacy My Apps and My Staff settings as being under Manage user feature settings. It states that these settings are unused, do not affect behavior, and are being removed from the admin center.

11 September 2026
3

Validate User Provisioning App Gallery

Doc update

The documentation now explains how to investigate failed validation tests using provisioning error details, recommendation URLs, and Logic App run details. It also lists common authentication, user, group, and SCIM compliance failures with recommended remedies.

11 September 2026

Validate Saml Single Sign On App Gallery

Doc update

The documentation lists SAML capabilities that can be validated, including IdP- and SP-initiated SSO, SLO, application-specific claims, and user identifiers. It also states that applications should reject assertions signed with expired certificates and recommends reviewing validation logic if they do not.

11 September 2026

Validate Saml Single Sign On App Gallery

Doc update

The article no longer includes guidance to confirm procedures for expired SAML signing certificates, propagation time, and cleanup with the Entra App Validator team before publication. It now directly presents the validation steps.

11 September 2026
2

End-user experiences for applications

Retirement

The documentation now states that these legacy preview and experience settings no longer affect app launchers or user behavior and are being removed from the Microsoft Entra admin center.

11 September 2026

Publish App Gallery

Doc update

The app gallery publishing documentation now refers to the Microsoft Partner One ID and identifies Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) ID as its former name.

11 September 2026
2

Policy Teams Devices Device Code Flow

Doc updateAction required

The instructions now direct administrators to choose Resources > Specific resources, instead of Cloud apps, when adding Device Registration Service to the exclusion list.

10 September 2026

Policy Teams Devices Device Code Flow

Doc update

The guide now directs administrators to use Exclude > Select resources > Select specific resources before adding Device Registration Service.

10 September 2026
2

Credential Management Api

Doc update

The Microsoft Entra External ID credential management API reference was deleted. It previously documented how applications let signed-in customers list, register, and delete passkeys.

10 September 2026
1

Tenant Estate Primary

Doc update

The tenant-estate architecture guidance now uses “Microsoft Copilot” instead of “Microsoft 365 Copilot.”

11 September 2026
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1

Validate User Provisioning App Gallery

Doc update

The documentation and screenshot alt text now refer to the field as “Submission ID” instead of “submission request ID.”

11 September 2026
1

Permissions Reference

Doc update

The AI Administrator and AI Reader descriptions were updated from “Microsoft 365 Copilot” to “Microsoft Copilot.” Their role IDs remain unchanged.

11 September 2026
1

Howto Export Risk Data

Doc update

The page now distinguishes diagnostic setting categories from KQL table names and maps six ID Protection signals to their corresponding AAD-prefixed Log Analytics tables.

12 September 2026
1

Entitlement Management Access Package Request Policy

Doc update

The documentation now specifies that existing guest users can be directly assigned, but external users who are not yet in the directory cannot be invited through direct assignment when access is limited to administrator direct assignments.

11 September 2026
7

Apple Federation Customers

Doc update

The article now links to the authentication methods overview and the consolidated “Add an identity provider to a user flow” article instead of listing the Apple-specific setup steps inline.

11 September 2026

Add an identity provider to a user flow

Doc update

A single article now documents how to add a configured OIDC, SAML/WS-Fed, or social identity provider to an External ID user flow, including prerequisites, permissions, portal steps, and testing.

11 September 2026

Entra Id Federation Customers

Doc update

The article now links to a consolidated guide for adding an identity provider to a user flow and reorganizes the sign-in and sign-up guidance. The duplicated setup and testing steps were removed.

11 September 2026

Custom Oidc Federation Customers

Doc update

The article’s step-by-step instructions and screenshot for adding an OIDC provider to a user flow were replaced with a link to a consolidated guide.

11 September 2026

Facebook Federation Customers

Doc update

The article now links to a consolidated guide for adding Facebook as an identity provider to a user flow and updates the section heading and introductory guidance.

11 September 2026

Google Federation Customers

Doc update

The article now directs administrators to a consolidated guide for adding Google as an identity provider to a user flow, instead of listing the steps inline.

11 September 2026

Sign In With Passkey

Feature update

The documentation no longer directs applications to the preview credential management API. It now recommends Microsoft Graph FIDO2 provisioning APIs and states that low-privilege passkey credential management APIs are on the roadmap.

10 September 2026
3

Microsoft Accounts Federation Customers

Doc update

The article replaces its embedded steps and screenshot for adding the Microsoft account identity provider with a link to the shared user-flow guidance.

11 September 2026

Direct Federation

Doc update

The External tenants guidance now links to the consolidated article for adding a SAML/WS-Fed identity provider to a user flow.

11 September 2026

Saml Ws Federation Self Service Sign Up

Doc update

The standalone article covering prerequisites and steps for adding a SAML or WS-Fed identity provider to a user flow was removed and consolidated into a single article referenced by the federation documentation.

11 September 2026
2

Manage User Profile Info

Doc update

The user profile information documentation no longer includes guidance that users can use My Apps preview features or that administrators can access My Staff.

11 September 2026

Manage User Profile Info

Doc update

The user profile information guidance no longer includes the “Manage user feature settings” reference.

11 September 2026
1

Set up B2B direct connect

Doc update

The documentation now explains how Microsoft Entra ID accepts compliant-device claims from an external user’s home tenant and how Conditional Access evaluates those claims. It also describes the trust implications and behavior when the setting is disabled.

8 September 2026
1

Set up Microsoft Entra Verified ID

Doc update

The new article explains how to use Quick setup, register applications, create credentials, and issue and verify credentials in a Microsoft Entra External ID tenant. It documents prerequisites and limits, including custom-domain requirements, shared signing keys, two requests per second per tenant, and six-month credential validity.

8 September 2026
1

Microsoft Purview: Integration with Entra GSA Internet Access to enable sensitive file filtering at the network layer

New

Microsoft Purview DLP integrates with Entra Global Secure Access Internet Access to filter sensitive files at the network layer, preventing data leaks to unmanaged cloud apps. Public preview starts mid-November 2025; general availability by October 2026. Admins must configure policies, TLS inspection, and activate Purview pay-as-you-go.

11 September 2026
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2

What Is Entra

Doc update

The Entra documentation now uses the singular verb “needs” for “GitHub Actions” in an example about workload identities accessing Azure subscriptions.

8 September 2026
1

Generative Ai Insights

Doc update

The documentation now refers to “Microsoft Copilot” instead of “Microsoft 365 Copilot.”

11 September 2026
1

How to configure custom headers (preview)

Doc update

The page now explains how to find modified-header transactions in Global Secure Access traffic logs and add the Custom Headers column. During the September 2026 rollout, a special Entra Admin Center link may be needed to view these details.

11 September 2026
1

Secure Generative Ai

Doc update

The guidance now labels the link “Microsoft Copilot requirements” instead of “Microsoft 365 Copilot requirements.”

11 September 2026
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