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Contractor Temporary Access That Expires Automatically

Contractor temporary access is often forgotten, not revoked. Learn how to give contractors and temps time-bound access that expires on its own.

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License Follows Role: Automating Entitlements

Learn how to make license follows role a working policy, so Microsoft 365 entitlements track a person's actual role as they join, move, and leave.

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Maintaining Automated Access Management in Entra ID After Go-Live

Turning on attribute-driven access is one thing, keeping it correct for years is another. How to maintain an automated access model so it does not drift over time.

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Pre-Provisioning New Hires: Scheduling Joiner Actions

How to pre-provision new hires by scheduling joiner actions ahead of the start date, so accounts, access, licenses, and devices are ready in advance.

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Day One Access for New Hires: How to Automate It

How to give a new hire day one access automatically: pre-provisioning, attribute-derived groups, and license and device readiness before the start date.

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The Mover Process: Automating Access Recompute

Why the mover process is the hardest JML event, and how attribute-driven access recompute safely adds new access and removes old access with a grace period.

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Joiner Mover Leaver Automation in Entra ID

Joiner mover leaver automation in Entra ID without enterprise IGA cost: how mid-market Microsoft shops keep access correct through every HR change.

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Scale your service desk without growing headcount

Ticket volume grows faster than budget. Here is how to absorb the growth by automating repetitive identity and license work, instead of adding a pair of hands every time.

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Shift-left on the service desk: what to automate first

Shift-left means moving work to the earliest, cheapest point in the chain. Here is how to apply that to a Microsoft service desk: move repeatable access and license work to self-service and rules.

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Automate hybrid Active Directory with a PowerShell runbook

Drive on-prem AD groups from attributes in a hybrid environment. Here is how it works with Entra ID dynamic groups, a PowerShell runbook on a hybrid worker, and Entra Connect under one rule model.

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