Understanding GDAP and Its Operational Impact

This report explains Microsoft’s shift from DAP to GDAP, emphasizing finer-grained least-privilege access, compliance alignment, and reduced over‑privilege risk; it details migration options (bulk tool and manual), role/group assignment strategies, customer approval steps, and relationship termination considerations, along with challenges for third‑party integrations. It also highlights conditional access and MFA requirements and references guidance for integrating Huntress Managed Identity Threat Detection and Response.