What's new in Microsoft Entra PowerShell

What's new in docs

February 2025

Updated articles

Improvements based on module usability and docs bug bash feedback:

• Create a custom application
• Grant and revoke API permissions programmatically
• Install Microsoft Entra PowerShell
• Manage apps
• Manage devices
• Manage groups
• Manage roles
• Manage stale devices
• Manage users
• Microsoft Entra PowerShell best practices
• Navigate the Microsoft Entra PowerShell module
• Recover deleted data
• Use app-only authentication

January 2025

New articles

• Manage user and group assignments - Learn how to report and remove user and group assignments to service principals.

Updated articles

• Find Azure AD PowerShell and MSOnline cmdlets in Microsoft Entra PowerShell
  • Updates to reflect module updates
  • Updated the MSOnline cmdlet map to capture all cmdlets
• Install the Microsoft Entra PowerShell module
  • Installation article improvements
  • Minor additions to installation instructions
  • Updates to reflect module updates
• Manage users with Microsoft Entra PowerShell - Edits to clean up content
• Navigate the Microsoft Entra PowerShell module - Updates to reflect module updates
• Recover deleted data with Microsoft Entra PowerShell - Updates to reflect module updates

December 2024

New articles

• Navigate the Microsoft Entra PowerShell module - Consolidated the steps to get started with the Microsoft Entra PowerShell module.

Updated articles

• Recover deleted data with Microsoft Entra PowerShell - Updated the article with minor edits.
• Troubleshoot the Microsoft Entra PowerShell module - Updated the troubleshooting article to use a consistent format.

The latest (recommended) version

• Version 1.0.5 - March 2025

  • New Commands:
    • Get-EntraAuthenticationMethodUserRegistrationDetailReport - to retrieve authentication method registration report.
    • Set-EntraUserSponsor - to update a user's sponsor.
  • Bug Fixes and command improvements:
    • Fixed -Add SendCertificateChain to Connect-Entra command.
    • Fixed - Reset-EntraBetaStrongAuthenticationMethodByUpn - added missing authentication method.
    • Fixed - Set-EntraUserExtension - Add support for support ExtensionNameValues parameter.
    • Added parameter validations for the Per-user MFA-based commands.
  • Documentation enhancements:
    • Add per-user MFA report example.
    • Add disable password policy example.

Module version history

• Version 1.0.4 - March 2025

  • New Commands:
    • Get-EntraSubscription - to retrieve the organization's commercial subscriptions.
    • Get-EntraBetaCrossTenantAccessActivity - to retrieve user sign-in activity associated with external tenants.
  • Bug Fixes and command improvements:
    • Added AliasesToExport values in the psd1 files.
  • Documentation enhancements:
    • More examples for common scenarios based on product group engagement.

• Version 1.0.3 - February 2025

  • New Commands:
    • Get-EntraUserSponsor - to retrieve a user's sponsors (users or groups).
    • Remove-EntraUserSponsor - to remove a sponsor (users or groups) from a user.
  • Bug Fixes and command improvements:
    • Fixed - Update-EntraUserFromFederated to use SecureString. PR #1371
    • Fixed - Enable-EntraAzureADAlias not being added to Groups submodule. PR #1368
    • Update issue templates and create issue configuration file. PR #1358
    • New-EntraAdministrativeUnit - improvements - more parameters such as membershipRule, membershipRuleProcessingState, and membershipType based on Microsoft Graph API changelog.
    • Enhancement: Added the DeletionAgeInDays response property to commands Get-EntraDeletedApplication, Get-EntraDeletedServicePrincipal, Get-EntraDeletedAdministrativeUnit, Get-EntraDeletedDevice, Get-EntraDeletedGroup, and Get-EntraDeletedUser.
  • Documentation enhancements:
    • Enhanced over 35 cmdlets with richer examples.

• Version 1.0.2 - February 2025

  • New Commands: Resolve-EntraTenant - to resolve a Tenant ID or Domain Name to a Microsoft Entra ID Tenant.

  • Bug Fixes and command improvements:

    • Fixed - New-EntraApplicationFromApplicationTemplate. PR #1346.
    • Fixed - Get-EntraBetaApplicationTemplate and Get-EntraApplicationTemplate. PR #1344
    • Fixed #1325: Get-EntraUser example without command context.
    • Fixed #1328: Expand methods in Reset-EntraStrongAuthenticationMethodByUpn.
    • Fixed #1326: Remove Format-Table in Get-EntraBetaDirSyncFeature

  • Documentation enhancements:

    • Enhanced examples for over 140 cmdlets with user-friendly parameters, such as using ManagerId instead of RefObjectId.

• Version 1.0.1 - January 2025

  • New Commands: Get-EntraBetaUserAuthenticationMethod, Update-EntraBetaUserAuthenticationRequirement, and Get-EntraBetaUserAuthenticationRequirement.

  • Bug Fixes and command improvements:

    • RequiredResourceAccess can't be an array. #1229.
    • Get-EntraContext - include Microsoft Entra PowerShell version in the response.

  • Documentation enhancements:

    • Improved examples for over 250 cmdlets, adding more examples and Microsoft Entra ID inbuilt roles.
    • Adding syntax sections for Global Secure Access commands.
    • Fixed example for New-EntraBetaPrivateAccessApplicationSegment.

• Version 0.22.0 - January 2025

  • New capability: Install submodules automatically when installing the umbrella module (Microsoft.Entra).
  • New Commands: Get-EntraDeletedAdministrativeUnit, Get-EntraDeletedDevice, Get-EntraUserAuthenticationMethod, Get-EntraUserInactiveSignIn, Get-EntraDeletedUser, Update-EntraOauth2PermissionGrant, Get-EntraUserAdministrativeUnit, Get-EntraUserRole, Get-EntraUserGroup, and Get-EntraDeletedServicePrincipal.
  • Bug Fixes:
    • Fixed #1178: Add a command to update an existing OAuth2PermissionGrant.
    • Fixed #1147: Add -Limit as an alias for -Top and -Select as an alias for -Property.
    • Fixed #929: Refactored Connect-Entra to act as a proxy command for Connect-MgGraph.
  • Enhancements:
    • Improved examples for over 100 cmdlets.

• Version 0.21.0-preview - January 2025

  • Bug fixes: Fixed bugs caused by splitting the Microsoft Entra PowerShell module into modular submodules (failing tests, pipeline updates).
  • Dependency version update: Upgraded Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK from 2.15.0 to 2.25.0.

• Version 0.20.0-preview - December 2024

  • Engineering build: Split the module into submodules.
  • Module rename: Renamed the module from Microsoft.Graph.Entra to Microsoft.Entra.