Jonathan Hope

M365 Solutions Architect and MVP in Security

I'm Jon Hope, a Microsoft MVP in Security, Identity and Access. By day I'm an M365 Solutions Architect at Inforcer, where we focus on M365 security configuration management for MSPs and their clients.

Most of what I write at conditionalaccess.tech comes directly from field work, real tenants, real gaps, and real client conversations. I stay active on LinkedIn where I cover Entra, Conditional Access, and whatever Microsoft just changed that's about to break something.

If you want the GitHub resources that go with the content, you can find those at github.com/Jhope188/ConditionalAccessPolicies.

June 19, 2026

Securing Identities at Scale: Conditional Access, Azure Security & Infrastructure as Code with Jonathan Hope [MVP]

In this episode of M365 FM, Mirko Peters sits down with Microsoft MVP Jonathan Hope to explore why identity has become the most critical security boundary in modern cloud environments. As organizations move deeper into Microsoft 365, Azure, and cloud-native architectures, traditional network-based security models are no longer enough.Jonathan explains how Microsoft Entra ID acts as the control plane for security and why mismanaged identities, excessive permissions, and poorly maintained Conditional Access policies create significant risk. The conversation dives into the concept of “identity debt” — the gradual accumulation of exceptions, legacy configurations, guest accounts, workload identities, and hybrid synchronization issues that weaken an organization’s security posture over time.The episode covers practical strategies for implementing Zero Trust principles, designing effective Conditional Access policies, enforcing least-privilege access, and protecting privileged accou…

Guests: Mirko Peters, Jonathan Hope

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