Continuous access evaluation

Relative periods

Counted from an event the source describes, such as installing an update; they are not calendar dates.

• up to 28 hoursIP address variation and networks with IP address shared or unknown egress IPsMilestone1 condition
• up to 28 hoursIP address variation and networks with IP address shared or unknown egress IPsMilestone

Requirements, exceptions and scope

• OverviewRequirement2 conditions1 passage

  Timely response to policy violations or security issues really requires a "conversation" between the token issuer Microsoft Entra, and the relying party (enlightened app). This…

• Critical event evaluationException1 passage
• Conditional Access policy evaluationException1 passage
• Client-side claim challengeRequirement2 conditions1 passage
• Token lifetimeRequirementException2 conditions2 passages
• Exception for IP address variations and how to turn off the exceptionRecommendation1 condition1 passage
• Enable or disable CAERequirementScope1 condition1 passage
• MigrationRequirementScopeTentative1 condition5 passages
• IP address variation and networks with IP address shared or unknown egress IPsRequirementScopeRecommendation1 condition2 passages
• Supported location policiesExceptionScope3 conditions2 passages
• Push notificationsException2 conditions1 passage

Extracted automatically from Microsoft's wording. Confirm dates, conditions and whether they apply to you in the source before acting; a month or quarter is a window, not a day.

How this timeline changed

Changes between ChangeIntel's readings of the page, between commits of its source file where Microsoft publishes it, in Internet Archive copies of pages that keep no other history, and entries from Microsoft's own change log (dated as Microsoft dates them). Edits between readings that neither records are unknown.

1. 15 Apr 2026
   No longer on the page Token lifetimeMicrosoft's source, commit 5989044
2. 15 Apr 2026
   Exception added Token lifetimeMicrosoft's source, commit 5989044
3. 25 Mar 2026
   No longer on the page Continuous access evaluationMicrosoft's source, commit 354aed4
4. 25 Mar 2026
   Requirement added OverviewMicrosoft's source, commit 354aed4
5. 23 Mar 2026
   Requirement added IP address variation and networks with IP address shared or unknown egress IPsMicrosoft's source, commit b36de88
6. 23 Mar 2026
   No longer on the page IP address variation and networks with IP address shared or unknown egress IPsMicrosoft's source, commit b36de88
7. 23 Mar 2026
   No longer on the page Client-side claim challengeMicrosoft's source, commit b36de88
8. 23 Mar 2026
   Requirement added Client-side claim challengeMicrosoft's source, commit b36de88
9. 23 Mar 2026
   No longer on the page Continuous access evaluationMicrosoft's source, commit b36de88
10. 23 Mar 2026
    Requirement added Continuous access evaluationMicrosoft's source, commit b36de88
11. 22 Jul 2025
    Exception added Supported location policiesMicrosoft's source, commit 4ae1b7e
12. 22 Jul 2025
    No longer on the page Supported location policiesMicrosoft's source, commit 4ae1b7e