What's new in Microsoft Entra PowerShell

This article lists all new articles that were added or had significant updates in the last month. It also lists the new features in the Microsoft Entra PowerShell module to manage Microsoft Entra resources.

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 1.0.3 - 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 - additional 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.

Module version history

• 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.