Alex Simons

@Alex_A_Simons

Corporate VP Product Management Microsoft Identity and Network Access Division

Redmond, WA

Joined February 2013

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Alex Simons@Alex_A_Simons · Jan 26

>> Not Microsoft Related << if you are interested in the use of Ecological Dynamics in coaching, make sure to check out the video I posted today to YouTube - would love to discuss with other coaches and learn more!

AAlex Simons@VballAlexSi · Jan 26

For last 4 years I've been using an Ecological Dynamics & Differential Learning based approach to coaching. Hoping to share and learn from other coaches. Here I discuss a recent practice and the activities and constraints we used: youtu.be/5PqvP6HMGMs?si… via @YouTube

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Alex Simons@Alex_A_Simons · May 27

My latest blog post - A vision for AI agents and some thoughts on opportunities to evolve OAuth to better support this huge wave of innovation. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft…

Alex_A_Simons's tweet card. Our industry needs to continue working together on identity standards for agent access across systems.

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Dion Hinchcliffe@dhinchcliffe · May 20

🔟 TL;DR: For CIOs, Agents Are Enterprise-Ready Key takeaways: 🧠 Agents = New digital workforce 🛠️ GitHub + Azure = Build, test, govern 🔐 Entra + Purview = Secure by design 🌐 MCP + NLWeb = Future of AI-native internet 🧩 Unified agent platform 📌 Rethink AI, DevOps, policy

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Alex Simons@Alex_A_Simons · May 19

Exciting news today: Announcing Entra Agent ID's - definitely the coolest project I've worked on in the last 5 years! techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft…

Alex_A_Simons's tweet card. Visibility to your organization’s AI agents is the first step in a comprehensive identity and access management solution for non-human identities.

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Alex Simons@Alex_A_Simons · Mar 6

Congratulations Microsoft This is one of the biggest milestones in identity Phishing Resistant MFA at no additional cost! It was previously not easy to get end users to adopt physical passkeys on mobile phones - too complex! This solves that problem.

LLukas Beran@lukasberancz · Mar 5

𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞! What does it mean? Users can now enroll passkeys in Microsoft Authenticator for their Microsoft Entra ID accounts in the default authentication methods…

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Alex Simons@Alex_A_Simons · Feb 21

Really proud of the teams for working hard to minimize permissions here.

DDirk-jan@_dirkjan · Feb 20

It appears Microsoft quietly mitigated most of the risk of the "Intune company portal" device compliance CA bypass by restricting the scope of Azure AD graph tokens issued to this app, making them almost useless for most abuse scenarios. Thx @domchell for the heads up.

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Jan Bakker@janbakker_ · Feb 20

Well well..... What do we have here? learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/id…

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Alex Simons@Alex_A_Simons · Feb 21

Today we kicked off a webinar series explaining best practices for using Microsoft Entra Suite to create a complete Zero Trust user access model. Watch the recording of today’s webinar and join us live for upcoming sessions. #MicrosoftEntra #IAM msft.it/6012UagGO

Alex_A_Simons's tweet card. Mark your calendar for a four-part webinar series to learn how to secure and govern access for your employees with the Microsoft Entra Suite.

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Alex Simons@Alex_A_Simons · Feb 12

Definitely worth the read! Microsoft Threat Intelligence's new research exposes a multiyear global operation by a subgroup of the Russian state actor tracked as Seashell Blizzard. Discover the advanced techniques and global reach of this threat: aka.ms/badpilot

Alex_A_Simons's tweet card. Microsoft is publishing for the first time our research into a subgroup within the Russian state actor Seashell Blizzard and its multiyear initial access operation, tracked by Microsoft Threat...

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Alex Simons@Alex_A_Simons · Jan 15

The world will be a little less bright and engaging when TikTok shuts down in US this weekend. I've learned so much about cooking, baking, volleyball, AI & current events from TikTok creators & during the pandemic, it was my escape when I was "bored in the house". Will miss it!

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Alex Simons@Alex_A_Simons · Sep 24

Pretty excited about this!

RRory Braybrook@rbrayb · Sep 23

The migration tool for Active Directory Federation Service (AD FS) customers to move their apps to Microsoft Entra ID is now generally available - @azuread - techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-e…

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Lukas Beran@lukasberancz · Aug 28

Phishing is a very popular technique of attackers. They trick users into entering their credentials on some fraudulent site pretending to be a corporate login page, for example to log into Microsoft Entra ID. The user enters their login credentials there and sends them to the…

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Alex Simons@Alex_A_Simons · Aug 27

At Microsoft we've completed our migration to Entra ID Governance from SailPoint and in the process have saved $1.5M+ per year. Lots of cool details in the case study we just published: tinyurl.com/EntraIGA

Alex_A_Simons's tweet image. At Microsoft we've completed our migration to Entra ID Governance from SailPoint and in the process have saved $1.5M+ per year. Lots of cool details in the case study we just published: tinyurl.com/EntraIGA

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Windows Blogs@windowsblog · Aug 23

Microsoft will host a Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit on Sept. 10 to meet with CrowdStrike and other endpoint security partners and discuss improving resiliency and protection for mutual customers’ critical infrastructure. blogs.windows.com/windowsexperie…

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Alex Simons@Alex_A_Simons · Jul 11, 2024

Today's news is BIG! The Microsoft Entra Suite, including our new secure network access and identity governance modules is now Generally Available! Learn more here: tinyurl.com/alexsimons71

Alex_A_Simons's tweet image. Today's news is BIG! The Microsoft Entra Suite, including our new secure network access and identity governance modules is now Generally Available! Learn more here: tinyurl.com/alexsimons71

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Ritchie Torres@RitchieTorres · Jun 26, 2024

If there were a hateful protest against a Black Church or a Latino Church, we would not attempt to “explain” it. We would condemn it. If there were a hateful protest against a mosque, we would not attempt to “explain" it. We would condemn it. Why do we, as a society,…

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Alex Simons@Alex_A_Simons · Jun 20, 2024

This is a nice, concise overview of Conditional Access, the cornerstone of our Zero Trust access strategy!

NNiklas Tinner - MVP@NiklasTinner · Jun 20, 2024

Conditional Access the ultimate starter guide: oceanleaf.ch/conditional-ac… - my new/updated blog post on the most important identity security feature. 🔐 #MicrosoftSecurity #Entra

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