Ajaz Ahmed Siddiqui https://ahmedajaz.com Practical notes on Entra ID, identity governance, cloud security, and automation. en-us Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:50:02 GMT Modernizing IAM with Entra ID https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/entra-id-case-study https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/entra-id-case-study Learn how I used Entra ID to automate IAM workflows, including Access Packages, JIT access, and recurring reviews—reducing manual overhead by 80% and improving audit readiness. Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT Zero Trust & PAM for 250K Devices https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/zero-trust https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/zero-trust Discover how I deployed Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM) and Administrator Protection at scale—enabling JIT elevation, reducing admin rights by 95%, and enhancing visibility through dashboards and automation. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT Seamless Entra ID & Azure Migrations https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/identity-isolation https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/identity-isolation Led global Microsoft Entra ID tenant and Azure subscription migrations with zero downtime and 99.9% uptime. Delivered secure identity isolation and automated transitions across hybrid environments. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT Securing Email Communication with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/email-security https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/email-security Explore how Microsoft 365, combined with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, strengthens email trust and defends against phishing and spoofing through DNS authentication, cryptographic signing, and enforced domain policies. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Why Identity Security Is Critical for AI Safety https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/ai-safety https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/ai-safety Exploring how AI agents become identities with permissions, tokens, and API keys—and why applying RBAC, Zero Trust, and secrets management is essential to prevent over-permissioned agents and data leaks. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Human-in-the-Loop Power App for SAM https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/sam-powerapp https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/sam-powerapp Learn how a human-in-the-loop Power App integrates PowerApps, Copilot Studio, and Generative AI workflows to help SAM teams manage applications, suppliers, and contracts efficiently while maintaining oversight and enabling data-driven decisions. Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT Zero Trust Strategy for Identity Security https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/zero-trust-identity https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/zero-trust-identity Explore how implementing a Zero Trust framework strengthens identity security by enforcing least privilege, adaptive access, and continuous verification across users, devices, and workloads. Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT Native Deployment with Power Platform Pipelines https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/power-platform-pipelines https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/power-platform-pipelines Discover how native Power Platform pipelines streamline solution deployments across environments—and the gotchas I hit along the way: connection reference identities, late-failing environment variables, and the tricks that make releases repeatable. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT What's New in Entra ID Governance https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/entra-id-governance-changes https://ahmedajaz.com/blog/entra-id-governance-changes A practitioner's rundown of the Entra ID governance changes that shipped between June and October 2026 — user-centric access reviews, tenant governance, lifecycle workflow upgrades, hard-match hardening, guest billing enforcement, and what's coming for AI agent identities — plus what to do about each one. Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT