Authentication strengths

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Entra · Official Microsoft guidance

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32 recorded changes

Microsoft's revision log on this page · 12 entries

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Conditional Access authentication strengthsRequirement1 condition
Conditional Access authentication strengthsRequirement1 condition
Conditional Access authentication strengthsException1 condition
Scenarios for authentication strengthsException1 condition
LimitationsRequirementException1 condition
LimitationsRequirement3 conditions
Known issuesRequirement3 conditions
Should I use an authentication strength or the policy for authentication methods?Recommendation
Should I use an authentication strength or the policy for authentication methods?Recommendation
Should I use an authentication strength or the policy for authentication methods?Recommendation
Should I use an authentication strength or the policy for authentication methods?ExceptionRecommendation1 condition
Should I use an authentication strength or the policy for authentication methods?RequirementExceptionRecommendation2 conditions

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How this timeline changed

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17 Oct 2025
No longer on the page Known issues Microsoft's source, commit ca7cdfb
17 Oct 2025
Requirement added Known issues Microsoft's source, commit ca7cdfb
17 Oct 2025
Requirement added Limitations Microsoft's source, commit ca7cdfb
17 Oct 2025
No longer on the page Limitations Microsoft's source, commit ca7cdfb
16 Oct 2025
No longer on the page Should I use an authentication strength or the Authentication methods policy?Microsoft's source, commit 5ab71eb
16 Oct 2025
No longer on the page Should I use an authentication strength or the Authentication methods policy?Microsoft's source, commit 5ab71eb
16 Oct 2025
Exception added Should I use an authentication strength or the policy for authentication methods?Microsoft's source, commit 5ab71eb
16 Oct 2025
Requirement added Should I use an authentication strength or the policy for authentication methods?Microsoft's source, commit 5ab71eb
16 Oct 2025
No longer on the page Should I use an authentication strength or the Authentication methods policy?Microsoft's source, commit 5ab71eb
16 Oct 2025
No longer on the page Should I use an authentication strength or the Authentication methods policy?Microsoft's source, commit 5ab71eb
16 Oct 2025
Recommendation added Should I use an authentication strength or the policy for authentication methods?Microsoft's source, commit 5ab71eb
16 Oct 2025
Recommendation added Should I use an authentication strength or the policy for authentication methods?Microsoft's source, commit 5ab71eb

20 earlier changes

16 Oct 2025
Exception added Conditional Access authentication strengths Microsoft's source, commit 8e43afa
16 Oct 2025
No longer on the page Conditional Access authentication strengths Microsoft's source, commit 8e43afa
16 Oct 2025
No longer on the page Conditional Access authentication strength Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
16 Oct 2025
Exception added Conditional Access authentication strengths Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
16 Oct 2025
Requirement added Limitations Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
16 Oct 2025
No longer on the page Limitations Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
16 Oct 2025
Exception added Should I use an authentication strength or the Authentication methods policy?Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
16 Oct 2025
Requirement added Should I use an authentication strength or the Authentication methods policy?Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
16 Oct 2025
No longer on the page Should I use authentication strength or the Authentication methods policy?Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
16 Oct 2025
No longer on the page Should I use authentication strength or the Authentication methods policy?Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
16 Oct 2025
Recommendation added Should I use an authentication strength or the Authentication methods policy?Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
16 Oct 2025
Recommendation added Should I use an authentication strength or the Authentication methods policy?Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
16 Oct 2025
No longer on the page Should I use authentication strength or the Authentication methods policy?Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
16 Oct 2025
No longer on the page Should I use authentication strength or the Authentication methods policy?Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
16 Oct 2025
No longer on the page Known issues Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
16 Oct 2025
Requirement added Known issues Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
16 Oct 2025
No longer on the page Limitations Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
16 Oct 2025
Requirement added Limitations Microsoft's source, commit d25b489
18 Nov 2024
No longer on the page Limitations Microsoft's source, commit 7b26484
18 Nov 2024
Requirement added Limitations Microsoft's source, commit 7b26484

Observed history and review priority

Captured 5 Oct 17:20 UTC; extracted 16 Oct 16:10 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/fc65ebeb286710c0a830833db8a7e5de7e266b79981fe9c7c34479be9369ad3c/legacy.

Earlier unavailable versions and edits between checks are unknown. A missing statement requires review; it does not mean the policy was cancelled. Recovered historical statements are not original revision snapshots.

Retained observations · 15

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12 Oct 19:19 UTC · 13 candidates
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5 Oct 17:20 UTC · 16 candidates
25 Jun 23:27 UTC · 13 candidates
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16 Nov 2024 23:20 UTC · 13 candidates

Microsoft's edits

History on GitHub

Commits to the page's source in MicrosoftDocs/entra-docs, with Microsoft's own messages. Commit dates can be hours or days before Learn publishes the change. ChangeIntel keeps a copy of each diff, so an edit stays readable here if GitHub stops serving it. Read 19 Oct 23:24 UTC.

25 Jun 23:27 UTC Update QR code authentication strength docs and screenshots (#13664) Served on LearnView diff
26 Mar 22:55 UTC Fix broken internal links — batch 3/7 (20 files) View diff
17 Oct 2025 00:12 UTC edit pass: conditional-access-authentication-strength View diff
16 Oct 2025 23:10 UTC edit pass: conditional-access-authentication-strength View diff
16 Oct 2025 20:55 UTC Acrolinx and broken bookmark View diff
16 Oct 2025 00:13 UTC edit pass: conditional-access-authentication-strength View diff
13 Aug 2025 09:25 UTC Addding lightbox View diff
31 Jul 2025 07:05 UTC Bulk update ms.topic, folder: identity,permissions-management,standards View diff
12 Jun 2025 15:15 UTC Additional updates View diff
18 Nov 2024 22:06 UTC removed typo View diff
18 Nov 2024 20:04 UTC removed FIDO2 Advanced options known issue View diff
16 Nov 2024 23:20 UTC copyedits View diff

8 metadata-only edits · author, dates or topic labels, no article text

15 Jun 16:45 UTC [BULK UPDATE] User Story 573314: Ensure every doc in MSec repos has an author from MSec Docs (entra-docs-pr 4) (#13372) Metadata onlyView diff
12 Feb 23:16 UTC [BULK UPDATE] Moves metadata to folder level in docfx.json. Metadata onlyView diff
16 Oct 2025 20:24 UTC edit pass: conditional-access-authentication-strength Metadata onlyView diff
13 Aug 2025 15:16 UTC Merge pull request #8689 from garrodonnell/macos-psso-ga Metadata onlyView diff
6 Jun 2025 19:03 UTC Updates Metadata onlyView diff
7 Mar 2025 18:21 UTC BULK [Microsoft Entra] Manager update Metadata onlyView diff
5 Mar 2025 17:07 UTC Updates ms.date for freshness. Coordinated with area owner. Metadata onlyView diff
3 Jan 2025 17:10 UTC december 2024 refresh set 14 Metadata onlyView diff

Official documentation · 13 Oct 2026
Conditional Access target resources
Official documentation · 13 Oct 2026
Conditional Access token protection
Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026
Conditional Access session controls
Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026
Conditional Access conditions
Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026
Conditional Access authentication strengths for guests
Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026
Continuous access evaluation

Retained observations

12 Oct 19:19 UTC
8 removed passages (about 50 words). The changed wording mentions prerequisites. Review the source to confirm the effect.
6 Oct 17:27 UTC
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5 Oct 17:20 UTC · shown above

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