microsoft/zerotrustassessment
Sep 2025 – May 2026
8 Months active
Languages Used
MarkdownPowerShellSQL
Technical Skills
Identity managementPowerShell scriptingSecurity assessmentTesting frameworkssecurity assessmenttest automation
Sandeep Jha
PROFILE
Sandeep Jha
Over eight months, contributed to microsoft/zerotrustassessment by building and enhancing security, compliance, and governance features for identity and policy management. Delivered robust Conditional Access policy handling, ownership validation, and audit logging, using PowerShell, SQL, and Markdown to automate assessments and reporting. Focused on backend development and code optimization, implemented SQL-side filtering and PowerShell scripting to improve performance and reliability across large tenant datasets. Addressed critical bugs in authentication and policy migration, refined UI and documentation, and expanded test automation. The work enabled more accurate, scalable, and maintainable security assessments, supporting regulatory compliance and risk-based access decisions for enterprise environments.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
78%Features
Repository Contributions
88Total
Bugs
11
Commits
88
Features
39
Lines of code
6,973
Activity Months8
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Work History
May 2026
3 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2026May 2026 performance-focused delivery for microsoft/zerotrustassessment. Key feature: Ownership Validation enhancements to exclude Managed Identities, with SQL-side filtering to boost performance, and robust PowerShell result handling. Fixed scalar collapse issues in pipelines and ensured correct result management. Result: faster, more scalable ownership checks across large tenant datasets with improved reliability.
3 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2026May 2026 performance-focused delivery for microsoft/zerotrustassessment. Key feature: Ownership Validation enhancements to exclude Managed Identities, with SQL-side filtering to boost performance, and robust PowerShell result handling. Fixed scalar collapse issues in pipelines and ensured correct result management. Result: faster, more scalable ownership checks across large tenant datasets with improved reliability.
May 2026
April 2026
10 Commits • 4 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026: Delivered policy governance, performance, and UX improvements for microsoft/zerotrustassessment with a focus on business value, reliability, and security posture. Highlights include enhancements to Conditional Access policy handling, faster application ownership/permissions retrieval, UI/link accuracy, and stronger code quality/testing.
April 2026
10 Commits • 4 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026: Delivered policy governance, performance, and UX improvements for microsoft/zerotrustassessment with a focus on business value, reliability, and security posture. Highlights include enhancements to Conditional Access policy handling, faster application ownership/permissions retrieval, UI/link accuracy, and stronger code quality/testing.
February 2026
4 Commits • 3 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 monthly summary for the microsoft/zerotrustassessment repository. Focused on delivering governance, retention, and accuracy enhancements that drive security, compliance readiness, and reliable assessments for customers. Key features deployed include Purview audit logging for Microsoft 365, and Exchange Online retention capabilities and improvements. A bug fix refined workload visibility to reduce false positives. Overall impact: stronger data security posture, improved regulatory compliance monitoring, and more trustworthy assessment results. Technologies demonstrated include Purview integration, Exchange Online retention policies, PowerShell/test tooling improvements, and robust Markdown-safe display.
4 Commits • 3 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 monthly summary for the microsoft/zerotrustassessment repository. Focused on delivering governance, retention, and accuracy enhancements that drive security, compliance readiness, and reliable assessments for customers. Key features deployed include Purview audit logging for Microsoft 365, and Exchange Online retention capabilities and improvements. A bug fix refined workload visibility to reduce false positives. Overall impact: stronger data security posture, improved regulatory compliance monitoring, and more trustworthy assessment results. Technologies demonstrated include Purview integration, Exchange Online retention policies, PowerShell/test tooling improvements, and robust Markdown-safe display.
February 2026
January 2026
28 Commits • 11 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 (2026-01) monthly summary for microsoft/zerotrustassessment: Foundational project scaffolding and test baseline established to enable reliable development and testing (cc5e48a35c386904c09d7bb433d011ccfb0a7bd3; 3e2331e482d3dc1466484289f98919c9511b9024). Enhanced UX and navigation by adding blade links to profiles and policies (67086955861b722e106a51ab762edeaf2cf914f0). Major UI, reporting, and remediation refactors with updated metrics (fd0029ea3bf39ae012d38a4fe0c9dbe1e8496b85; c8e9578a23057c45f259283f639da1833ece5a4e; db303714865f02fecc33020d864434d4e6e73025; 2a073cfaf8204039d7ec43600acfcb4095b09755). Policy scope logic improvements and workload visibility enhancements to improve policy enforcement accuracy (5f79fb95f9d0c6be3f1e5fc68343038b6c649355; d1f0884d06501c377ca77dc34ce69da64c71f9a1; b65232cd7f8540e8cf905922e9fcbbbf0590dd4e; 860ba239c753a5f96dd61f4acf73dcd5b369765e; 8ba754aae154181fd4ff62a009f387fabb5e7048). Robustness and quality improvements including defensive error handling, exception handling improvements, and casing/style fixes, plus expanded test coverage aligned to updated specifications (726b41cd5bc079ee628fcbb79760c06b9b42cb86; 16e7dbb097207b55f7a703145e9db31b72847a78; 3f5ec5944871f68a75afc8bf83e38972b037f29b; 9c41c27a9ac62eac7e9f14aee3345ed58f2c853f; dc51211f1a1a1986d13a2fb6251c9e00a7c641b9; ee3b0cb03b42ad6fb49f6373ea8461445a419385; 6a8156f52b4f8771ef73b5c0c940b52c0ccc8b03). Expanded testing via Test-Assessment scaffolding and new tests (6d0f6a5c288883b14ea34ac19277b84f27853089; ee3b0cb03b42ad6fb49f6373ea8461445a419385). Overall impact: improved maintainability, UX, reliability, and governance visibility, enabling faster iteration and reduced risk in future releases.
January 2026
28 Commits • 11 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 (2026-01) monthly summary for microsoft/zerotrustassessment: Foundational project scaffolding and test baseline established to enable reliable development and testing (cc5e48a35c386904c09d7bb433d011ccfb0a7bd3; 3e2331e482d3dc1466484289f98919c9511b9024). Enhanced UX and navigation by adding blade links to profiles and policies (67086955861b722e106a51ab762edeaf2cf914f0). Major UI, reporting, and remediation refactors with updated metrics (fd0029ea3bf39ae012d38a4fe0c9dbe1e8496b85; c8e9578a23057c45f259283f639da1833ece5a4e; db303714865f02fecc33020d864434d4e6e73025; 2a073cfaf8204039d7ec43600acfcb4095b09755). Policy scope logic improvements and workload visibility enhancements to improve policy enforcement accuracy (5f79fb95f9d0c6be3f1e5fc68343038b6c649355; d1f0884d06501c377ca77dc34ce69da64c71f9a1; b65232cd7f8540e8cf905922e9fcbbbf0590dd4e; 860ba239c753a5f96dd61f4acf73dcd5b369765e; 8ba754aae154181fd4ff62a009f387fabb5e7048). Robustness and quality improvements including defensive error handling, exception handling improvements, and casing/style fixes, plus expanded test coverage aligned to updated specifications (726b41cd5bc079ee628fcbb79760c06b9b42cb86; 16e7dbb097207b55f7a703145e9db31b72847a78; 3f5ec5944871f68a75afc8bf83e38972b037f29b; 9c41c27a9ac62eac7e9f14aee3345ed58f2c853f; dc51211f1a1a1986d13a2fb6251c9e00a7c641b9; ee3b0cb03b42ad6fb49f6373ea8461445a419385; 6a8156f52b4f8771ef73b5c0c940b52c0ccc8b03). Expanded testing via Test-Assessment scaffolding and new tests (6d0f6a5c288883b14ea34ac19277b84f27853089; ee3b0cb03b42ad6fb49f6373ea8461445a419385). Overall impact: improved maintainability, UX, reliability, and governance visibility, enabling faster iteration and reduced risk in future releases.
December 2025
30 Commits • 16 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025, microsoft/zerotrustassessment: Delivered security hardening, reliability improvements, and expanded visibility to support risk-based access decisions. Key features include preserving client source IPs for Conditional Access and risk detection, configuring Private DNS for internal name resolution, and substantial UI/reporting and query enhancements for clearer stakeholder insights. Fixed critical identity lifecycle gaps and quality issues across the codebase, including orphaned redirect URIs, Entra ID roles verification, and inactive guest handling, while improving documentation and maintainability.
30 Commits • 16 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025, microsoft/zerotrustassessment: Delivered security hardening, reliability improvements, and expanded visibility to support risk-based access decisions. Key features include preserving client source IPs for Conditional Access and risk detection, configuring Private DNS for internal name resolution, and substantial UI/reporting and query enhancements for clearer stakeholder insights. Fixed critical identity lifecycle gaps and quality issues across the codebase, including orphaned redirect URIs, Entra ID roles verification, and inactive guest handling, while improving documentation and maintainability.
December 2025
November 2025
2 Commits
Nov 1, 2025In November 2025, the zerotrustassessment workstream delivered two high-impact bug fixes that improved policy migration visibility and emergency access validation, strengthening customers' compliance reporting and security posture. The team implemented robust fixes for legacy MFA/SSPR policy migration reporting and phishing-resistant authentication validation, reducing false negatives and increasing confidence in assessment results.
November 2025
2 Commits
Nov 1, 2025In November 2025, the zerotrustassessment workstream delivered two high-impact bug fixes that improved policy migration visibility and emergency access validation, strengthening customers' compliance reporting and security posture. The team implemented robust fixes for legacy MFA/SSPR policy migration reporting and phishing-resistant authentication validation, reducing false negatives and increasing confidence in assessment results.
October 2025
8 Commits • 3 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025: Delivered three integrated feature streams across authentication security, policy assessment, and governance testing for microsoft/zerotrustassessment. Strengthened security posture, improved policy visibility, and expanded governance controls while maintaining reliability and scalable testing.
8 Commits • 3 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025: Delivered three integrated feature streams across authentication security, policy assessment, and governance testing for microsoft/zerotrustassessment. Strengthened security posture, improved policy visibility, and expanded governance controls while maintaining reliability and scalable testing.
October 2025
September 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025In Sep 2025, delivered Identity Security Testing Enhancements for microsoft/zerotrustassessment, expanding security-focused test coverage for identity management. The work includes password protection for on-prem environments, migration guidance from ADAL to MSAL, and smart lockout threshold validation to defend against credential stuffing. Three feature commits consolidated test coverage and stabilized the release workflow, enabling faster secure iterations across identity scenarios.
September 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025In Sep 2025, delivered Identity Security Testing Enhancements for microsoft/zerotrustassessment, expanding security-focused test coverage for identity management. The work includes password protection for on-prem environments, migration guidance from ADAL to MSAL, and smart lockout threshold validation to defend against credential stuffing. Three feature commits consolidated test coverage and stabilized the release workflow, enabling faster secure iterations across identity scenarios.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness92.2%
Maintainability87.2%
Architecture88.2%
Performance88.0%
AI Usage33.6%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
MarkdownPowerShellSQL
Technical Skills
API IntegrationAPI integrationAzure integrationAzure managementBackend developmentBug fixingCode optimizationCode refactoringCompliance managementCompliance monitoringConditional Access policiesData Loss PreventionData RetrievalData filteringData handling
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