Darren 'Doc' Robinson [MVP]
@darrenjrobinson.com
🇳🇿 🇦🇺 Cloud Identity Architect & Microsoft MVP (Identity & PowerShell)
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EntraPulse a desktop app that transforms how you interact with your Entra Tenant & understand Entra with MS Docs & Learn.
Privacy w/ local LLM support. Flexibility with Cloud LLM providers.
MCP integration with MS Docs/Learn, Web & to Entra via MSGraph.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entrapulse-y...
Privacy w/ local LLM support. Flexibility with Cloud LLM providers.
MCP integration with MS Docs/Learn, Web & to Entra via MSGraph.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entrapulse-y...
Are you a hard-core identity🪪credentialite?
Migrating apps between IdPs or continually updating claims or even changing authN protocols & want your favourite AI Agent assist you directly in the browser?
WebMCP👀now in my (preview) Entra Auth Tracer 👇
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entra-auth-t...
Migrating apps between IdPs or continually updating claims or even changing authN protocols & want your favourite AI Agent assist you directly in the browser?
WebMCP👀now in my (preview) Entra Auth Tracer 👇
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entra-auth-t...
Entra Auth Tracer + WebMCP – Letting an AI Agent Debug Your Authenticaiton Traffic - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
Entra Auth Tracer can now register its decoded capture as six read-only tools so you can ask an agent to analyse your authenticaiton events.
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September 16, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Are you a hard-core identity🪪credentialite?
Migrating apps between IdPs or continually updating claims or even changing authN protocols & want your favourite AI Agent assist you directly in the browser?
WebMCP👀now in my (preview) Entra Auth Tracer 👇
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entra-auth-t...
Migrating apps between IdPs or continually updating claims or even changing authN protocols & want your favourite AI Agent assist you directly in the browser?
WebMCP👀now in my (preview) Entra Auth Tracer 👇
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entra-auth-t...
New MCP Server: @merill.net Joanne Hayek have resumed their fantastic weekly Microsoft AI Newsletter.
I've updated and published the associated MCP Server.
Check it out and add it to your AI Knowledge Agents blog.darrenjrobinson.com/microsoft-ai...
I've updated and published the associated MCP Server.
Check it out and add it to your AI Knowledge Agents blog.darrenjrobinson.com/microsoft-ai...
Microsoft AI Roundup MCP Server - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
An MCP server that turns Merill & Joshua's weekly Microsoft AI Roundup newsletter into a searchable knowledge base
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September 2, 2026 at 4:06 AM
New MCP Server: @merill.net Joanne Hayek have resumed their fantastic weekly Microsoft AI Newsletter.
I've updated and published the associated MCP Server.
Check it out and add it to your AI Knowledge Agents blog.darrenjrobinson.com/microsoft-ai...
I've updated and published the associated MCP Server.
Check it out and add it to your AI Knowledge Agents blog.darrenjrobinson.com/microsoft-ai...
It's time for Identity Lifecycle Management to move into the agentic age.
With Entra ID now supporting SCIM Inbound provisioning I've been thinking about this alot.
So I built entra-scim-mcp to start "agentifying Entra ID"
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/agentifying-...
With Entra ID now supporting SCIM Inbound provisioning I've been thinking about this alot.
So I built entra-scim-mcp to start "agentifying Entra ID"
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/agentifying-...
Agentifying Entra ID using SCIM - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
A Model Context Protocol server that puts 18 tools over the Entra SCIM API, so an AI agent can drive your directory conversationall
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August 26, 2026 at 4:16 AM
It's time for Identity Lifecycle Management to move into the agentic age.
With Entra ID now supporting SCIM Inbound provisioning I've been thinking about this alot.
So I built entra-scim-mcp to start "agentifying Entra ID"
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/agentifying-...
With Entra ID now supporting SCIM Inbound provisioning I've been thinking about this alot.
So I built entra-scim-mcp to start "agentifying Entra ID"
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/agentifying-...
On Entra Podcast Jai Maharaj describes to
@merill.net an Australian customers concerns that employer-issued passkey-enrolled laptops were being handed to workers overseas to do the job for them. Phishing-resistant MFA didn't stop the human workaround. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCFz...
@merill.net an Australian customers concerns that employer-issued passkey-enrolled laptops were being handed to workers overseas to do the job for them. Phishing-resistant MFA didn't stop the human workaround. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCFz...
SMS MFA Ends in 2027: Your Microsoft Entra Passkey Migration Plan
YouTube video by Merill Fernando
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August 12, 2026 at 7:16 AM
On Entra Podcast Jai Maharaj describes to
@merill.net an Australian customers concerns that employer-issued passkey-enrolled laptops were being handed to workers overseas to do the job for them. Phishing-resistant MFA didn't stop the human workaround. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCFz...
@merill.net an Australian customers concerns that employer-issued passkey-enrolled laptops were being handed to workers overseas to do the job for them. Phishing-resistant MFA didn't stop the human workaround. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCFz...
Microsoft Graph as an interactive map inside your AI chat; entities, permissions, roles, with change history on every node.
Graph Atlas MCP is live. Standing on the shoulders of giants // @ericonidentity.com for Graph Changes & permission context @merill.net blog.darrenjrobinson.com/microsoft-gr...
Graph Atlas MCP is live. Standing on the shoulders of giants // @ericonidentity.com for Graph Changes & permission context @merill.net blog.darrenjrobinson.com/microsoft-gr...
Microsoft Graph Atlas MCP Server - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
An MCP server that provides visibility into how the Microsoft Graph API is changing, both the changes Microsoft documents and the ones it doesn't.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com
August 12, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Microsoft Graph as an interactive map inside your AI chat; entities, permissions, roles, with change history on every node.
Graph Atlas MCP is live. Standing on the shoulders of giants // @ericonidentity.com for Graph Changes & permission context @merill.net blog.darrenjrobinson.com/microsoft-gr...
Graph Atlas MCP is live. Standing on the shoulders of giants // @ericonidentity.com for Graph Changes & permission context @merill.net blog.darrenjrobinson.com/microsoft-gr...
👀Updated Module: I've updated my ECMA2HostTools PowerShell Module to enable orchestration of Entra Applications Provisioning Job(s). Check it out 👇🏻 blog.darrenjrobinson.com/updated-ecma...
Updated ECMA2Host Tools with Entra Application Provisioning Job Management - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
Release v1.1.0 of ECMA2HostTools now with Microsoft Entra application provisioning job management capabilities
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August 5, 2026 at 2:43 AM
👀Updated Module: I've updated my ECMA2HostTools PowerShell Module to enable orchestration of Entra Applications Provisioning Job(s). Check it out 👇🏻 blog.darrenjrobinson.com/updated-ecma...
This week in Entra land: Andres Canello tells @merill.net his Migrate2GSA toolkit is 30k+ lines of PowerShell — and AI wrote every line. He wrote none by hand. Full quote & context at 23:28, in the archive.
Get the MCP and search the whole entra.chat archive yourself
Get the MCP and search the whole entra.chat archive yourself
Entra.Chat | Merill Fernando | Substack
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...
Entra.Chat
August 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM
This week in Entra land: Andres Canello tells @merill.net his Migrate2GSA toolkit is 30k+ lines of PowerShell — and AI wrote every line. He wrote none by hand. Full quote & context at 23:28, in the archive.
Get the MCP and search the whole entra.chat archive yourself
Get the MCP and search the whole entra.chat archive yourself
When I saw the MSFT Polyarchy Server in the Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003 Resource Toolkit 23+ yrs ago I was enamoured. Alas it never shipped.
After many attempts I now have built an interactive Entra ID Polyarchy Server as a MCP App. 🎉👀 blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entrapulse-p...
After many attempts I now have built an interactive Entra ID Polyarchy Server as a MCP App. 🎉👀 blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entrapulse-p...
EntraPulse Polyarchy - an Entra ID Polyarchy MCP Server - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
An Entra ID Polyarchy MCP Server for use with your favourite MCP Client such as Claude Desktop and EntraPulse.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com
July 8, 2026 at 8:33 PM
When I saw the MSFT Polyarchy Server in the Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003 Resource Toolkit 23+ yrs ago I was enamoured. Alas it never shipped.
After many attempts I now have built an interactive Entra ID Polyarchy Server as a MCP App. 🎉👀 blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entrapulse-p...
After many attempts I now have built an interactive Entra ID Polyarchy Server as a MCP App. 🎉👀 blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entrapulse-p...
New Module: Building / Configuring connectors from the Entra Provisioning Service?
Forget ClickOps. Automate Provision on Demand for retriggering provisioning or recovering from errors causing quarrantine using my new streamlined module.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entra-provis...
Forget ClickOps. Automate Provision on Demand for retriggering provisioning or recovering from errors causing quarrantine using my new streamlined module.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entra-provis...
Entra Provision On Demand PowerShell Module - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
Entra Provision On Demand provides cmdlets to discover, manage, and trigger on-demand provisioning for Microsoft Entra ID Enterprise Applications
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March 18, 2026 at 1:08 AM
New Module: Building / Configuring connectors from the Entra Provisioning Service?
Forget ClickOps. Automate Provision on Demand for retriggering provisioning or recovering from errors causing quarrantine using my new streamlined module.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entra-provis...
Forget ClickOps. Automate Provision on Demand for retriggering provisioning or recovering from errors causing quarrantine using my new streamlined module.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entra-provis...
We all love @merill.net & Joshua's weekly Entra News newsletter. If only you could use your favourite AI client to query it using natural language.
Now you can. The Entra News MCP server wraps the full public archive and exposes it to your AI assistant.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entra-news-m...
Now you can. The Entra News MCP server wraps the full public archive and exposes it to your AI assistant.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entra-news-m...
Entra News MCP Server - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
An MCP server for Merill & Joshua’s Entra News that makes the full Microsoft Entra newsletter archive searchable from AI tools like Claude, Cursor and more
blog.darrenjrobinson.com
March 10, 2026 at 12:05 AM
We all love @merill.net & Joshua's weekly Entra News newsletter. If only you could use your favourite AI client to query it using natural language.
Now you can. The Entra News MCP server wraps the full public archive and exposes it to your AI assistant.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entra-news-m...
Now you can. The Entra News MCP server wraps the full public archive and exposes it to your AI assistant.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entra-news-m...
New Post: The legendary @mrgranfeldt.bsky.social PowerShell Management Agent for Microsoft Identity Manager & Entra Provisioning Service ECMA On-Premise capability now supports PowerShell 7.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/powershell-7...
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/powershell-7...
PowerShell 7 Support Arrives for the Granfeldt PowerShell Management Agent - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
PowerShell 7 support for the Granfeldt PowerShell MA. Upgrade for a major performance, parallel processing, & speed improvements.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:15 AM
New Post: The legendary @mrgranfeldt.bsky.social PowerShell Management Agent for Microsoft Identity Manager & Entra Provisioning Service ECMA On-Premise capability now supports PowerShell 7.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/powershell-7...
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/powershell-7...
New Post: Superpower PowerShell Modules / Functions with MCP & Azure Functions.
How to AI enable your PowerShell Functions/Modules with Azure Functions.
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How to AI enable your PowerShell Functions/Modules with Azure Functions.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/powershell-m...
PowerShell MCP Azure Function Server - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
How to expose your PowerShell cmdlets via your own PowerShell MCP Azure Function Server to superpower your AI MCP Clients.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:38 AM
New Post: Superpower PowerShell Modules / Functions with MCP & Azure Functions.
How to AI enable your PowerShell Functions/Modules with Azure Functions.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/powershell-m...
How to AI enable your PowerShell Functions/Modules with Azure Functions.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/powershell-m...
Just binge-watched @developer.microsoft.com MCP Dev Days - two amazing days. Day 1: great MCP reset, Day 2: production nuggets especially the Identity SME session on secure MCP servers. Excited to dive into Azure API Management & AI Gateway #mvpbuzz #ai
developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reacto...
developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reacto...
MCP Dev Days | Microsoft Reactor
Attend Reactor Event Series for on-going opportunities to learn, connect, and build. Expand your skillset.
developer.microsoft.com
August 3, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just binge-watched @developer.microsoft.com MCP Dev Days - two amazing days. Day 1: great MCP reset, Day 2: production nuggets especially the Identity SME session on secure MCP servers. Excited to dive into Azure API Management & AI Gateway #mvpbuzz #ai
developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reacto...
developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reacto...
EntraPulse a desktop app that transforms how you interact with your Entra Tenant & understand Entra with MS Docs & Learn.
Privacy w/ local LLM support. Flexibility with Cloud LLM providers.
MCP integration with MS Docs/Learn, Web & to Entra via MSGraph.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entrapulse-y...
Privacy w/ local LLM support. Flexibility with Cloud LLM providers.
MCP integration with MS Docs/Learn, Web & to Entra via MSGraph.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entrapulse-y...
July 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
EntraPulse a desktop app that transforms how you interact with your Entra Tenant & understand Entra with MS Docs & Learn.
Privacy w/ local LLM support. Flexibility with Cloud LLM providers.
MCP integration with MS Docs/Learn, Web & to Entra via MSGraph.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entrapulse-y...
Privacy w/ local LLM support. Flexibility with Cloud LLM providers.
MCP integration with MS Docs/Learn, Web & to Entra via MSGraph.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entrapulse-y...
GitHub Desktop (Version 3.5.0) now has "Generate commit message with Copilot" 🥳
June 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
GitHub Desktop (Version 3.5.0) now has "Generate commit message with Copilot" 🥳
I've contributed to @merill.net 's Lokka Microsoft Graph MCP to enable Interactive and Token based Authentication.
This enables numerous additional implemenations sceanrios.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/lokka-mcp-au...
This enables numerous additional implemenations sceanrios.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/lokka-mcp-au...
Lokka MCP Authentication Enhancements - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
Enhance Lokka MCP for Microsoft Graph with new authentication methods. Interactive delegated and token-based authentication using MSAL
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June 23, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I've contributed to @merill.net 's Lokka Microsoft Graph MCP to enable Interactive and Token based Authentication.
This enables numerous additional implemenations sceanrios.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/lokka-mcp-au...
This enables numerous additional implemenations sceanrios.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/lokka-mcp-au...
AI Inception: Building AI Solutions with AI for AI
Last month I had the pleasure of speaking at Global Azure in Sydney. I've published the deck & the PowerShell MCP demos.
This shows how easy it is to start building your own MCP AI solutions.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/ai-inception...
Last month I had the pleasure of speaking at Global Azure in Sydney. I've published the deck & the PowerShell MCP demos.
This shows how easy it is to start building your own MCP AI solutions.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/ai-inception...
AI Inception: Building AI Solutions with AI for AI - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
Global Azure 2025 - AI Inception: Building AI Solutions with AI for AI. Building MCP Servers in PowerShell for AI Client Tools.
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June 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
AI Inception: Building AI Solutions with AI for AI
Last month I had the pleasure of speaking at Global Azure in Sydney. I've published the deck & the PowerShell MCP demos.
This shows how easy it is to start building your own MCP AI solutions.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/ai-inception...
Last month I had the pleasure of speaking at Global Azure in Sydney. I've published the deck & the PowerShell MCP demos.
This shows how easy it is to start building your own MCP AI solutions.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/ai-inception...
Global Azure 2025 is THIS Saturday.
In Sydney it is at the Microsoft Reactor Sydney in the CBD.
I'm looking forward to presenting my session "AI Inception: Building AI Solutions with AI for AI"
Get your ticket here
www.tickettailor.com/events/azure...
#globalazure
In Sydney it is at the Microsoft Reactor Sydney in the CBD.
I'm looking forward to presenting my session "AI Inception: Building AI Solutions with AI for AI"
Get your ticket here
www.tickettailor.com/events/azure...
#globalazure
Reserve your spot – Global Azure Sydney 2025 – Microsoft Reactor Sydney
Global Azure is a free one-day global event organised entirely by community members for new and old Azure users alike! Sydney i...
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May 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Global Azure 2025 is THIS Saturday.
In Sydney it is at the Microsoft Reactor Sydney in the CBD.
I'm looking forward to presenting my session "AI Inception: Building AI Solutions with AI for AI"
Get your ticket here
www.tickettailor.com/events/azure...
#globalazure
In Sydney it is at the Microsoft Reactor Sydney in the CBD.
I'm looking forward to presenting my session "AI Inception: Building AI Solutions with AI for AI"
Get your ticket here
www.tickettailor.com/events/azure...
#globalazure
New Post/Package: An MCP Server for @haveibeenpwned.com to plug into your @vscode.dev GitHub Copilot / Claude Desktop Clients. Query HIBP using natural language.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/a-have-i-bee...
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/a-have-i-bee...
A Have I Been Pwned MCP Server for Claude - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
Enhance Claude AI with Have I Been Pwned integration using this AI MCP server. Check data breaches and passwords using natural language.
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April 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
New Post/Package: An MCP Server for @haveibeenpwned.com to plug into your @vscode.dev GitHub Copilot / Claude Desktop Clients. Query HIBP using natural language.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/a-have-i-bee...
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/a-have-i-bee...
To learn more about MCP Servers I built a @haveibeenpwned.com MCP Server using Claude as the Client.
Super impressed with how quick this was to actually build with the help of a copilot. Even respecting your API Plan for rate-limiting.
Super impressed with how quick this was to actually build with the help of a copilot. Even respecting your API Plan for rate-limiting.
March 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
To learn more about MCP Servers I built a @haveibeenpwned.com MCP Server using Claude as the Client.
Super impressed with how quick this was to actually build with the help of a copilot. Even respecting your API Plan for rate-limiting.
Super impressed with how quick this was to actually build with the help of a copilot. Even respecting your API Plan for rate-limiting.
Hackathon: Last week the Microsoft AI Developer Hackathon concluded and my submission is an Owner Builder AI Assistant. I find the best way to learn new skills is to build something that is meaningful to you. Here's all the details. blog.darrenjrobinson.com/azure-ai-dev... #microsoftdev #azureai
Azure AI Developer Hackathon - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
My submission to the Azure AI Developer Hackathon is an Owner Builder AI Assistant that assists owner builders navigate building processes with AI.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Hackathon: Last week the Microsoft AI Developer Hackathon concluded and my submission is an Owner Builder AI Assistant. I find the best way to learn new skills is to build something that is meaningful to you. Here's all the details. blog.darrenjrobinson.com/azure-ai-dev... #microsoftdev #azureai
ANOTHER New Module: Hot on the heels of my D365 F&O IAM Module from earlier this week we have my new D356 CE (Sales & CRM) IAM Module for managing Users and Roles.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/dynamics-365...
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/dynamics-365...
Dynamics 365 CE (Sales, CRM) IAM PowerShell Module - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
Dynamics 365 CE Sales CRM IAM PowerShell Module to expose and simplify integration with Dynamics 365 CE (Sales, CRM) for Users and Roles
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March 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
ANOTHER New Module: Hot on the heels of my D365 F&O IAM Module from earlier this week we have my new D356 CE (Sales & CRM) IAM Module for managing Users and Roles.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/dynamics-365...
blog.darrenjrobinson.com/dynamics-365...
New Module: A PowerShell Module to expose and simplify integration with Dynamics 365 F&O for Users and Roles for orchestration of Identity & Access Managment functions. blog.darrenjrobinson.com/dynamics-365...
Dynamics 365 F&O IAM PowerShell Module - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
A PowerShell Module to perform IAM functions in Dynamics 365 F&O. Manage D365 F&O users and roles with PowerShell for IAM operations.
blog.darrenjrobinson.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
New Module: A PowerShell Module to expose and simplify integration with Dynamics 365 F&O for Users and Roles for orchestration of Identity & Access Managment functions. blog.darrenjrobinson.com/dynamics-365...
New Module: It often seems that half of an Identity Architects life is wrangling Human Resource Management systems. Dayforce was another new one for me. Here’s a foundational Dayforce PowerShell Module for IAM integrations blog.darrenjrobinson.com/dayforce-pow...
Dayforce PowerShell Module - darrenjrobinson - Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
A foundational PowerShell Module to query Employee data from Dayforce. Cmdlets to update Dayforce for email/contact info and enable SSO
blog.darrenjrobinson.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
New Module: It often seems that half of an Identity Architects life is wrangling Human Resource Management systems. Dayforce was another new one for me. Here’s a foundational Dayforce PowerShell Module for IAM integrations blog.darrenjrobinson.com/dayforce-pow...