Microsoft AI, Security, Graph, and community tools

Hi, I'm Merill.

I build practical tools, share about Microsoft AI, Security, Entra and Graph, and share resources for admins, developers, and security teams.

Writing & Talks

My Personal Blog

My random thoughts and an archive of everything I post on social media.

Entra.News

My weekly newsletter for Microsoft admins and cybersecurity folks on the latest in Microsoft Entra.

18k readers

Entra.Chat

My weekly podcast on Microsoft Entra covering the latest news, features, and best practices.

8k listeners

Community Tools

Maester

Open source Microsoft test automation framework and security analyzer for your tenant.

555k installs183k monthly visits

cmd.ms

Your Microsoft Cloud command line. Quick shortcuts to jump to any admin portal or documentation page.

125k monthly visits

Yako

A beautiful browser start page for Microsoft users and admins. Instantly access 900+ Microsoft portals from your new tab.

27k monthly visits

M365 Message Center & Roadmap Archive

Searchable archive of Microsoft 365 Message Center posts and Roadmap updates.

Refined Microsoft Learn

Browser extension to make Microsoft Learn distraction free and help you focus on the content.

bluesky.ms

Discover Microsoft folks on Bluesky. Find and connect with the Microsoft community.

3.1k monthly visits

CyberSecPods

The home of cybersecurity podcasts. Curated shows on threat intel, identity, cloud security, red team, blue team, and more.

8.6k monthly visits

AI Skills

Microsoft Graph

Agent skill to search, look up, and call any of the 27,700+ Microsoft Graph APIs locally with no network calls.

M365 Message Center

Agent skill to search, summarize, and cite Microsoft 365 Message Center messages and Microsoft 365 Roadmap posts.

Microsoft Graph Tools

Graph X-Ray

Fiddler for Microsoft! Convert your actions in the Azure Portal to Graph PowerShell commands.

19k monthly active users

lokka.dev

An AI agent tool that brings the power of Microsoft Graph to AI agents and LLMs.

8.5k monthly visits

graph.pm

Microsoft Graph Skill for AI agents. Search 27,700+ Graph APIs and curated samples locally, in milliseconds.

8.3k monthly visits

Graph Permissions Explorer

Browse all Microsoft Graph APIs and see exactly what data is exposed for each Graph Permission.

846k monthly visits

Uninstall-Graph

PowerShell module that completely uninstalls and removes all Microsoft Graph PowerShell modules from your system.

5.7k installs

VS Code MCP Install Button Generator

Create one-click VS Code install badges and links for Model Context Protocol servers.

9.9k monthly visits

Microsoft Entra Tools

idPowerToys

Microsoft Entra Conditional Access visualizer. Understand and troubleshoot your CA policies.

Entra Sign-in URL Builder

Generate Microsoft Entra OAuth 2.0 authorization and admin consent URLs.

aka.ms/AppNames

Repository hosting a daily updated CSV/JSON of Microsoft first party app names and their GUIDs.

Microsoft Contributions

Zero Trust Workshop

A workshop to help organizations understand and implement Zero Trust principles using Microsoft Security solutions.

Zero Trust Explorer

Interactive explorer for the Microsoft Zero Trust framework. Visualize and navigate Zero Trust architecture and controls.

Zero Trust Assessment

PowerShell module that checks your tenant configuration and recommends ways to improve the security configuration.

102k installs

Entra Exporter

PowerShell module that exports all the configuration and data of a Microsoft Entra tenant.

305k installs

MSIdentityTools

Collection of useful PowerShell cmdlets for common Azure AD and Microsoft Entra functionality.

459k installs