Microsoft Entra ID Governance

Product

Identity governance offering in Microsoft Entra that combines entitlement management, access reviews, lifecycle workflows and privileged identity management; sold as an add-on on top of Entra ID P1 or P2.

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Type	Product
Documentation	learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/id-governance/identity-governance-overview

Key points about Microsoft Entra ID Governance

Entra ID Governance fails not for missing features but because it assumes people will comply and owners will check. · Entra ID Governance
Purview DLP covers Teams chat and channels, SharePoint external sharing is locked down, and Entra ID governance expires guests and automates access reviews. · Harden Microsoft Teams Security and Guest Access

Episodes about Microsoft Entra ID Governance

Entra ID Governance

2026-10-28 · Video on YouTube

Access that is never reviewed keeps growing, and yearly recertifications end in rubber stamps. This episode shows identity architects, IAM and compliance teams how access packages, access reviews, lifecycle workflows and PIM in Microsoft Entra ID Governance…

Harden Microsoft Teams Security and Guest Access

2025-12-03 · Video on YouTube

Your “private” Microsoft Teams channels are quietly bleeding data – and default settings are to blame. In this episode, we walk through real-world incidents where dormant guest accounts, synced libraries, and careless PII pastes turned Teams into a silent…

Compliance as Code

2026-07-11 · Video on YouTube

Compliance is often treated as a documentation exercise—something organizations prepare for audits rather than embed into their daily operations. In this episode, we challenge that mindset by exploring the concept of Compliance as Code and why modern…

Timeline of episodes about Microsoft Entra ID Governance

Articles about Microsoft Entra ID Governance (1)

Identity Governance in Microsoft Cloud: A Comprehensive Guide
2026-04-12 · Mirko Peters
Master identity governance in the cloud. Guide covers lifecycle, access & entitlement management, balancing security with productivity.

Frequently asked questions

What is Microsoft Entra ID Governance?

It adds lifecycle and accountability around access through access reviews, entitlement management, access packages and lifecycle workflows. · From the episode: Entra ID Governance

How should you introduce Entra ID Governance?

Introduce it step by step, starting with the joiner-mover-leaver basics and moving toward access packages. This order puts lifecycle and accountability around access first, then adds access reviews and entitlement management so that access does not keep growing unchecked. · From the episode: Entra ID Governance

How do you secure guest access in Teams?

Require MFA for guests, apply conditional access and device compliance, and use Entra ID governance to expire guests and automate access reviews. This removes dormant accounts. · From the episode: Harden Microsoft Teams Security and Guest Access

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Documentation: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/id-governance/identity-governance-overview
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Maintained by Mirko Peters (Microsoft MVP) · Last updated: 2026-11-03