The Zero-Trust Edge is Getting Sharper: What Admins Need to Know for Entra in Summer 2026
Do you use Connect Sync to ensure the flow between your users on-premise is seamless? Well, if you didn't know, that seamlessness is about to have the plug pulled in Summer 2026. What does this mean? How do you prepare? In this article, I'll chat about this and what this means for organizations using Connect Sync to manage hybrid identities. What's Happening? Microsoft is tightening the screws. Cloud Sync will become the default strategic direction towards managing hybrid identities, and Connect Sync will be moving towards a reduced "legacy-only" role. While this isn't a hard cutoff, this signals the end of the Connect Sync service and it is important that organizations start to make the shift now to avoid the inevitable enforcement down the road. Cloud Sync will become the secure by default engine, with Microsoft expecting organizations to adopt this baseline sooner rather than later. Albeit this will not be a complete cutover just yet, administrators will n...