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It's a directory of users, contacts, settings and files that is actively updated in real time
great explanation.
...so what's an Entra?
Thanks! I knew it managed account stuff, but I wasn’t sure why it was called that. It always sounded weirdly obtuse.
The name originates from the old X.500 Directory protocol which was used in early networks