
Entra Chat is a weekly podcast hosted by Merill Fernando and delivers practical insights for Microsoft administrators and security professionals through conversations with identity experts who've been in the trenches. Episodes feature seasoned Entra practitioners sharing real-world deployment experiences and Microsoft Entra team members who build the features you use daily. Get the inside track on... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 57 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | NewsTech NewsTechnology | |||

Microsoft Entra security is evolving and the way organizations think about identity protection needs to evolve with it. In this episode, I’m joined by Sean Metcalf, one of the foremost identity security experts in the industry, whose work has helped ... more
If you can’t immediately name your break glass accounts and the last time you tested them → you’re already at risk.
In this episode of Entra Chat, Microsoft MVP Per Torben walks through the conditional access mistakes he sees even large enterprises ... more
Microsoft just dropped a massive wave of features for Entra, and the rules of Tenant Governance have officially changed.
Join us as we talk to three world-class MVPs about their hands-on experience with the new Entra Backup and Recovery and Tenant ... more
Emilien Socchi, Cloud Security Research Engineer at Storebrand, joins us to discuss CA Insight and AZTier.
Two open-source tools Emilien built to find gaps in Conditional Access policies and categorize Azure/Entra roles based on attack paths.
Lear... more
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Four episodes in, Enta.Chat is an excellent opportunity for IAM (Identity Access Management)practitioners to listen to Merill and his Guest discuss interesting, useful, informative, and practical Entra ID insights! Looking forward to many more episodes! Kudos to Merill for yet another IAM community beneficial endeavor! MM
Merill has hit the nail on the head with the content and depth of discussion in the first episode of Entra.Chat. So many security (and more specifically identity) podcasts are great to listen to however are so high level and conceptual you rarely come away with advice you can apply when practicing identity security. Sometimes they’re borderline product placement!
Merrill’s pod is choc full of practical examples you instinctively want to store away in your brain as you just know one day you wil... more
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A practical, practitioner-focused show delivering real-world guidance for identity, access, and security in Microsoft environments. Episodes center on Azure Active Directory, Entra ID, Entra Private Access, Global Secure Access (ZTNA/SASE), passkeys, and governance, often featuring hands-on migration experiences, deployment pitfalls, and operational tips from seasoned professionals and Microsoft identity experts. The tone is actionable—listeners walk away with concrete steps, deployment checklists, and governance practices they can apply now, whether they're admin staff, security engineers, or cloud architects. A notable strength is the consistent emphasis on identity-centered security, user experience during transitions, and governance at ... more
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