Awesome Entra

A curated list of awesome Microsoft Entra tools, guides, and other resources.

Contents

• Merill's newsletter & podcast
• Mind Map
• Learning Hubs
• Presentations
• aka.ms
• Tools
• Community
• YouTube
• Podcast
• Bluesky
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Blogs

Merill's newsletter & podcast

• Entra.News - Weekly round up of the latest Microsoft Entra news from Microsoft and the community.
• Entra.Chat - Weekly podcast on Entra featuring seasoned Entra practitioners and Microsoft Entra product group team members.

Mind Map

• Microsoft Entra Mind Maps - Visual representation of Microsoft Entra and its components with links to docs. Includes Entra Roles mindmap.

Learning Hubs

These learning hubs are maintained by Microsoft Entra's Customer Experience Engineering (CxE) team.

• Global Secure Access - Resource Hub - Knowledge hub for all things GSA.
• Microsoft Entra ID Governance Training Hub - Tools, documentation, and training materials to master ID Governance.
• Entra ID as Code Workshop - Manage your Entra ID tenant using Infrastructure as Code via Terraform. This workshop supports both Workforce and Customer (External ID) instances.
• Identity Master Class - Lab & Resource Source for Identity Master Class - Experts Live Denmark 2026

Presentations

• Entra Slide Decks - Merill's collection of Entra related presentations (Right-click and open Incognito/In Private window)

aka.ms & cmd.ms

• cmd.ms/portals/azuread - Complete list of shortcuts to blades in the Entra portal.
• aka.ms/commands - List of common Microsoft short links.
• msportals.io - Links to all Microsoft admin portals.
• aka.ms/entratemplates - Email templates & posters to roll out Microsoft Entra features like MFA, SSPR, and more.
• aka.ms/entraidac - Microsoft Entra ID Admin Center
• aka.ms/myapps - My Apps
• aka.ms/myaccount - My Account
• aka.ms/my-groups - My Groups
• aka.ms/my-access - My Access Packages
• aka.ms/mystaff - My Staff
• aka.ms/mysecurity, aka.ms/mysecurityinfo - My Security Info
• aka.ms/mysignins - My Sign-ins
• aka.ms/pim - Privileged Identity Management - Roles
• aka.ms/pimg - Privileged Identity Management - Groups
• aka.ms/pimr - Privileged Identity Management - Roles
• aka.ms/pimz - Privileged Identity Management - Azure Resources
• aka.ms/sspr - Self Service Password Reset
• aka.ms/mfasetup - Alternative for My Security Info
• aka.ms/entradocs - Microsoft Entra Technical Documentation
• aka.ms/graphref - Microsoft Graph REST API Reference - v1.0
• aka.ms/graphrefbeta - Microsoft Graph REST API Reference - Beta

Tools

Microsoft Product Downloads

• Microsoft Entra Application Proxy
• Microsoft Entra Connect
• Microsoft Entra Provisioning Agent
• Microsoft Entra Connect Health agents

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