01Is Azure AD the same as Microsoft Entra ID?
It is. Microsoft renamed Azure Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID. We kept the page address for people still searching for Azure AD.
02Our agents create their own identities. What breaks now that CreateAsManager isn't automatic?
Look in the audit log for "Add Service Principal" events where an application, not a user, created an agent identity. Those agents are the ones at risk as the automatic grant goes away, from 4 November 2026 through late November. Have an admin grant the permission through admin consent, then test app-only creation so nobody meets a 403 in production.
03Should we use Entra ID Governance or SailPoint?
It works well when most of your applications already sign in through Entra ID. If there's a big on-premises estate, or complex ERP rules, you often need a dedicated IGA platform. We check your application list and audit scope before saying which.
04Should we stay on Entra Connect Sync or move to Cloud Sync?
That comes down to your forests, your custom sync rules and your writeback needs.
05Do we have to upgrade Entra Connect Sync before April 2027?
Yes, if you still run Connect Sync. Each server needs 2.6.84.0 or later and application-based authentication by 7 April 2027, or sync stops. Check the version on every server, staging ones too, and plan the upgrade with a rollback. In the Azure public cloud, 2.6.91.0 also adds a guided move to Cloud Sync if you'd rather leave.
06Some of our users still get MFA codes by text. What happens to them in 2027?
Microsoft starts retiring its own SMS and voice delivery on 1 February 2027, and Global Administrators and external users follow from 1 July. If some users still need codes by text or phone, you contract a provider through Choose Your Own Telephony and pay its charges. Most tenants are better off moving those users to passkeys or the Authenticator app first and keeping SMS for the few who can't.
07Some of our groups still use MemberOf rules. What happens to them?
They stopped recalculating after 3 November 2026 and kept whatever members they had on that day. Nothing got deleted, which is why it's easy to miss. Export your dynamic group rules, find the ones with MemberOf, and rewrite them or switch them to assigned membership, then check any Conditional Access policy or license assignment that hangs off them.