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Merill Fernando

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Episodes 64

Avg. Duration 53m

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Apple Rating ★ 5.0 (6)

Since Mar 2025

Latest Episode Jun 2026

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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 best practices, implementation strategies, and upcoming capabilities directly from those who design and deploy Microsoft identity solutions. Join us for actionable takeaways you can apply immediately in your Microsoft 365, Azure, and Entra environments. --- Entra.Chat, its content and opinions are my (Merill Fernando) own and do not reflect the views of my employer (Microsoft). All postings are provided “AS IS” with no warranties and is not supported by the author. All trademarks and copyrights belong to their owners and are used for identification only.

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Recent Episodes

The Learn-It-All Career Playbook for Identity and Security Pros

Jun 06, 2026 34m

In this episode of Entra Chat, we sit down with Christina Morillo, the Senior Director of Information Security for the New York Football Giants, to explore her inspiring transition from an identity…

5 Lessons from Rolling Out Passkeys to Millions of Users

May 31, 2026 46m

Passkeys are one of those technologies that sound simple on paper.Turn them on.Users register them.Passwords go away.Everyone is more secure.But in the real world, passkey rollouts are not just an…

The New Control Plane for Microsoft Entra Tenant Governance

May 23, 2026 49m

Microsoft had 7 million internal tenants and almost lost control of their environment and your org might be facing the same problem at a smaller scale. In this episode, we sit down with Jeff Staiman,…

What’s New in Microsoft Entra - May 2026: Passkeys, Agents & Cloud Sync

May 16, 2026 50m

Fabian and Thomas join the podcast to share their extensive experience and unpack the massive wave of updates coming to Microsoft Entra.We talk about the massive shift toward Passkeys and…

If You Manage Entra Permissions, Watch This Before Deploying Agents

May 09, 2026 44m

Microsoft Entra Agent ID Just Went GA Here’s What You Need to Know About Agent PermissionsIf you’ve been waiting for the dust to settle on Microsoft Entra Agent ID before diving in, the wait is over.…

How to Secure Copilot Agents, Azure DevOps & Defender (+ more) with Maester 2.1 (Full Breakdown)

May 02, 2026 1h 1m

Maester is back with one of its biggest release since launch. In this episode, we are joined by Sam Erde, Architect at Patriot Consulting and one of Maester’s core maintainers, to walk through…

What an ID Governance Consultant Wishes You Knew About Entra

Apr 25, 2026 46m

Identity Governance is often treated as a “nice-to-have” compliance checkbox, but as ID Governance expert Sandra Saluti reveals, it is actually the foundation of a secure, scalable environment. In…

Stop Leaving the Door Open: The Entra ID Hardening Checklist Security Experts Actually Use

Apr 18, 2026 59m

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…

How to Design Bullet-Proof Conditional Access Policies in Microsoft Entra ID

Apr 11, 2026 56m

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…

5 Entra ID Updates You Can’t Afford to Ignore in 2026 (Backup, Governance, CA Agent & Risk Score Exposed)

Apr 04, 2026 1h

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…

Finding Every MFA Gap: Testing 250 Million Conditional Access Combinations in Under 20 Minutes

Mar 28, 2026 1h 1m

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…

From FIM/MIM to Cloud Sync: Complete Identity Journey with Australia’s Top Identity MVP Darren “Doc” Robinson

Mar 21, 2026 55m

Darren Robinson, Identity and Zero Trust Strategy and Architecture Capability Lead at Increment, shares his extensive experience in identity governance and administration.In this episode Merill sits…

How to Migrate from Legacy VPNs to Entra Private Access (Real Strategies from a Veteran)

Mar 14, 2026 42m

Richard Hicks wrote the book on DirectAccess. Then he wrote the one on Always On VPN. Now he’s here to tell you it’s time to move on from both (and other legacy VPNs). Over the last two years,…

Passkeys, Conditional Access, Hard-match updates, GSA BYOD: What Entra Admins Need To Know

Mar 07, 2026 1h 9m

I am back home in Melbourne today, and joining me are Nathan McNulty from Alaska and Daniel Bradley from the UK as we dive into all the massive Entra updates that dropped last month. We are breaking…

We Gave Away Our Microsoft Entra Masterclass Labs → Full Governance, Privileged Access & Agent ID Labs Walkthrough

Feb 28, 2026 38m

Hey folks, I have to start with a massive shout-out to Morten Knudsen and his entire team at Experts Live Denmark where I’m just returning from. Organizing an event for over 1,200+ attendees is no…

They migrated 40,000 devices to Entra Join in 9 months

Feb 21, 2026 1h 1m

What does it take to migrate 40,000 devices to a cloud-native environment in a massive, complex enterprise? For most IT leaders, the prospect of moving away from 20 years of legacy infrastructure is…

Microsoft Is Auto-Enabling Passkeys in March 2026

Feb 14, 2026 52m

March 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most important months for Microsoft Entra ID administrators in recent memory.Microsoft is automatically enabling passkey profiles in Entra ID, and if you…

Automating Governance: The New Standard for Microsoft 365 Tenant Snapshots and Remediation

Feb 07, 2026 47m

Governance in Microsoft 365 has always been hard. Not because the tools didn’t exist, but because scale, complexity, and change made consistency almost impossible. As tenants grow, so do the…

Mastering Microsoft Entra ID: Real-World Passkey Deployment Tips

Jan 31, 2026 45m

In this episode, we sit down with Eric Woodruff, Chief Identity Architect at Semperis, to discuss the reality of achieving a 100% phishing-resistant environment. Over the course of just three months,…

Entra Agent Registry: The Corporate Yellow Pages for AI Agents

Jan 16, 2026 50m

Service principals worked for static apps, but AI agents are different—they make autonomous decisions using LLMs and require a new approach to identity and security.In this episode of Entra Chat,…

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Entra.Chat has published 64 episodes since March 2025, covering topics in News, Tech News.

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Entra.Chat is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 53m.

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