Microsoft Entra External ID in external tenants: What's new

Welcome to what's new in documentation for Microsoft Entra External ID in external tenants. This article lists new docs that have been added and those that have had significant updates in the last three months.

April 2024

This month, we made updates to our table of contents to make navigation easier for you. Additionally, we revised the terminology used to describe the external tenant in Microsoft Entra External ID.

New articles

• Microsoft Entra ID and data residency
• Workforce and external tenant configurations in Microsoft Entra External ID

Updated articles

• Supported features in workforce and external tenants - Supported features for external tenants updated
• Overview: Secure your apps using External ID in an external tenant - Image and terminology updates
• Microsoft Entra External ID frequently asked questions - Updated pricing information
• Default user permissions in external tenants - Updated user types

March 2024

New articles

• Native authentication
• Get started guide features

Updated articles

• Add Facebook as an identity provider - App creation steps updated
• Supported features in Microsoft Entra External ID - Updated user types and identity providers for clarity, removed device code flow samples
• Add user attributes to token claims - Updated screenshots
• Collect custom user attributes during sign-up - Updated screenshots
• Add multifactor authentication (MFA) to an app - Updated screenshots
• Add your application to the user flow - Updated screenshots
• Create a sign-up and sign-in user flow for customers - Updated screenshots
• Get started with Microsoft Entra External ID - Updated screenshots
• Samples for customer identity and access management (CIAM) - Added links to native authentication public preview articles

February 2024

New articles

• Test your sign-up and sign-in user flow - Describes the Run user flow feature
• Get started with the Microsoft Entra External ID extension for Visual Studio Code

Updated articles

• Supported features in Microsoft Entra External ID - OpenID Connect and OAuth2 updates
• Create a customer identity and access management (CIAM) tenant - Built-in role update