Continuous access evaluation

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Entra · Official Microsoft guidance

No content change seen yet. Watched since 8 Oct 23:13 UTC, last read today 00:09 UTC, next check 22 Oct 00:09 UTC. Microsoft's own edits are listed below.

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Timeline

From the capture of 8 Oct 23:13 UTC · an earlier observation

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16 recorded changes

Microsoft's revision log on this page · 19 entries

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Continuous access evaluationRequirement1 condition
Continuous access evaluationRequirement1 condition
OverviewRequirement2 conditions
Critical event evaluationException
Conditional Access policy evaluationException
Client-side claim challengeRequirement2 conditions
Token lifetimeRequirement
Token lifetimeException2 conditions
User condition change flowException1 condition
Exception for IP address variations and how to turn off the exceptionRecommendation1 condition
Enable or disable CAERequirementScope1 condition
MigrationRequirement
MigrationScopeTentative1 condition
IP address variation and networks with IP address shared or unknown egress IPsScope
IP address variation and networks with IP address shared or unknown egress IPsRequirementRecommendation1 condition
up to 28 hoursIP address variation and networks with IP address shared or unknown egress IPsMilestone1 condition
Supported location policiesException2 conditions
Supported location policiesExceptionScope1 condition
Push notificationsException2 conditions

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15 Apr 2026
No longer on the page Token lifetime Microsoft's source, commit 5989044
15 Apr 2026
Exception added Token lifetime Microsoft's source, commit 5989044
25 Mar 2026
No longer on the page Continuous access evaluation Microsoft's source, commit 354aed4
25 Mar 2026
Requirement added Overview Microsoft's source, commit 354aed4
23 Mar 2026
Requirement added IP address variation and networks with IP address shared or unknown egress IPs Microsoft's source, commit b36de88
23 Mar 2026
No longer on the page IP address variation and networks with IP address shared or unknown egress IPs Microsoft's source, commit b36de88
23 Mar 2026
No longer on the page Client-side claim challenge Microsoft's source, commit b36de88
23 Mar 2026
Requirement added Client-side claim challenge Microsoft's source, commit b36de88
23 Mar 2026
No longer on the page Continuous access evaluation Microsoft's source, commit b36de88
23 Mar 2026
Requirement added Continuous access evaluation Microsoft's source, commit b36de88
22 Jul 2025
Exception added Supported location policies Microsoft's source, commit 4ae1b7e
22 Jul 2025
No longer on the page Supported location policies Microsoft's source, commit 4ae1b7e

4 earlier changes

22 Jul 2025
Requirement added Client-side claim challenge Microsoft's source, commit 4ae1b7e
22 Jul 2025
No longer on the page Client-side claim challenge Microsoft's source, commit 4ae1b7e
8 Jul 2024
No longer on the page Client-side claim challenge Microsoft's source, commit 453dfa7
8 Jul 2024
Requirement added Client-side claim challenge Microsoft's source, commit 453dfa7

Observed history and review priority

Captured 8 Oct 23:13 UTC; extracted 16 Oct 16:11 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/fc65ebeb286710c0a830833db8a7e5de7e266b79981fe9c7c34479be9369ad3c/legacy.

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Retained observations · 12

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12 Oct 23:53 UTC · 23 candidates
8 Oct 23:13 UTC · 22 candidates
22 Sep 14:59 UTC · 22 candidates
15 Apr 18:33 UTC · 22 candidates
25 Mar 00:50 UTC · 22 candidates
23 Mar 17:33 UTC · 22 candidates
22 Jul 2025 17:50 UTC · 22 candidates
8 Jul 2024 12:24 UTC · 22 candidates
29 May 2024 23:19 UTC · 22 candidates
4 Apr 2024 14:43 UTC · 22 candidates
15 Mar 2024 14:11 UTC · 22 candidates
14 Mar 2024 15:32 UTC · 22 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 20 Oct 23:52 UTC.

22 Sep 14:59 UTC Learn Editor: Update concept-continuous-access-evaluation.md Served on LearnView diff
15 Apr 18:33 UTC update docs for configurable token lifetimes GA View diff
25 Mar 00:50 UTC AI readiness: add Overview heading to CA articles (batch 2) View diff
23 Mar 17:33 UTC Editorial pass: 4 Conditional Access concept and deployment articles (14 fixes) View diff
22 Jul 2025 17:50 UTC Freshness updates July2 View diff
8 Jul 2024 12:24 UTC grammar error View diff
29 May 2024 23:19 UTC status View diff
4 Apr 2024 14:43 UTC [Conditional Access] Network Assignment View diff
15 Mar 2024 14:11 UTC PM Edits View diff
14 Mar 2024 15:32 UTC [Global Secure Access] CAE Location update from PG View diff

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

8 Apr 17:46 UTC Update reviewer for continuous access evaluation doc Metadata onlyView diff
24 Mar 00:50 UTC Content freshness review: Conditional Access (65 articles verified, 1 fix) Metadata onlyView diff
19 Feb 16:42 UTC Merge branch 'main' into copilot/reclassify-ms-topic-entries-121-160 Metadata onlyView diff
18 Feb 23:43 UTC [BULK UPDATE] Metadata only. Moves manager to folder level in docfx.json. Metadata onlyView diff
10 Feb 23:58 UTC [BULK UPDATE] Metadata Only. Moves author/ms.author/ms.service/ms.subservice to folder level in docfx.json and out of individual files. Metadata onlyView diff
3 Feb 21:08 UTC Updates author and ms.author. Metadata onlyView diff
27 Jan 00:22 UTC Update ms.topic values for batch 4 files (entries 121-160) Metadata onlyView diff
31 Jul 2025 07:05 UTC Bulk update ms.topic, folder: identity,permissions-management,standards Metadata onlyView diff
24 Jul 2025 20:25 UTC [BULK] Update manager name Metadata onlyView diff
7 Mar 2025 18:21 UTC BULK [Microsoft Entra] Manager update 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
Authentication strengths
Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026
Conditional Access conditions
Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026
Conditional Access authentication strengths for guests

Retained observations

12 Oct 23:53 UTC
8 removed passages (about 50 words). The changed wording mentions prerequisites. Review the source to confirm the effect.
8 Oct 23:13 UTC · shown above

What changed

First observed 18 Oct 2026

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