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docs/fundamentals/whats-new.md

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+### General Availability - Dedicated new 1st party resource application to enable Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID sync using Microsoft Entra Connect Sync or Cloud Sync
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+**Type:** Changed feature    
+**Service category:** Provisioning    
+**Product capability:** Directory    
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+To prepare for an upcoming security hardening, Microsoft will deploy a dedicated first-party application to enable the synchronization between Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID. This new application will manifest as a first party service principal called the "Microsoft Entra AD Synchronization Service" (Application ID: 6bf85cfa-ac8a-4be5-b5de-425a0d0dc016), and will be visible in the Enterprise Applications experience within the Microsoft Entra Admin Center. This application is critical for the continued operation of their on-premises to Microsoft Entra ID synchronization functionality (through Microsoft Entra Connect Sync or Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync).
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+In the upcoming release(s), Microsoft will share more information and guidance on upgrading to a new version of Microsoft Entra Connect that will use this first party application to synchronize between Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID.
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 ### Public Preview - Microsoft Entra ID Governance: Approvers can revoke access in MyAccess
 
 **Type:** New feature    

docs/global-secure-access/how-to-application-discovery.md

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Use Application discovery to create new Microsoft Entra ID applications based on
 > Application segments persist in the Application discovery main table even after you've created an application, until a user signs in to the new application and accesses the resource. In the future, the Application discovery main table will update regardless of user interaction. 
 
 ## Add to an existing application 
-You can use Application discovery to add application segments to an existing private application. This is helpful when configuring complex applications with many application segments, so that you can select a subset of application segments and ensure that connectivity is provided as expected before moving additional application segments from Quick Access to the Global Secure Access application. To add an application segment to an existing application:
+You can use Application discovery to add application segments to an existing private application. To add an application segment to an existing application:
 1. From the Application discovery list, choose one or more application segments. 
 1. Select **Add to an existing application**.   
 1. Choose the existing private application to which you would like to add the segments. The **Edit Global Secure Access application** screen opens, showing the properties of the existing application, the selected application segments (with status **Pending**), and any previously configured application segments (with status **Success**).