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Version: 2026-04-28
Author: Forrest Zhang
This guide explains how to configure Microsoft Entra External ID as the customer identity provider for a Power Pages site. It is written for admins/developers who need to repeat the setup in another environment.
This manual is based on the COA Demo integration path that was tested end to end. It includes not only the steps, but also why each step matters and what went wrong during troubleshooting.
Author: Forrest Zhang
Disabling two-factor authentication in Microsoft Entra ID is not always a single-setting change. In many tenants, MFA can be enforced from several different places, so turning off one control does not necessarily stop sign-in prompts.
The practical issue is that administrators often disable Security Defaults and still see users prompted to register Microsoft Authenticator or complete MFA. Based on Microsoft documentation, that usually means another enforcement path is still active, such as the registration campaign, Conditional Access, per-user MFA, authentication method settings, or Microsoft’s mandatory MFA requirements for certain admin portals.
Recently, I noticed that many people do not fully understand GitHub, especially some less commonly used concepts such as fork, license, CLA, contributing, PR, and pull request. For people who are not professional software developers, GitHub can look confusing at first. There are many English terms, many buttons, and many workflows that seem technical. But the truth is simple: GitHub is mainly a platform for storing code, tracking changes, and letting people work together on software projects.
In this article, I will explain the most important GitHub concepts in plain English. The goal is not to turn you into an expert right away, but to help you understand what these words really mean and how they connect to each other in real projects.