Entra licensing

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Observation details · observed 23 Oct 14:12 UTC

Observed by ChangeIntel: 23 Oct 14:12 UTC
Source update metadata: 28 Jul 07:37 UTC
First observed on this installation: 8 Oct 23:13 UTC
Last successful check: 25 Oct 20:52 UTC
Next check due: today 02:52 UTC

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Timeline

From the capture of 23 Oct 14:12 UTC

18 undated sections
35 with conditions
2 recorded changes

Requirements, exceptions and scope

Microsoft Entra licensing optionsRequirement1 passage
Microsoft Entra Suite: The suite combines Microsoft Entra products to secure access for your employees. It allows administrators to provide secure access from anywhere to…
App provisioningRequirement1 condition1 passage
AuthenticationExceptionScope18 conditions17 passages
Microsoft Entra Agent IDRequirementException2 conditions3 passages
Features by licenseScope1 passage
Entitlement ManagementRequirementException2 conditions1 passage
Access reviewsRequirementExceptionScope2 conditions1 passage
Lifecycle WorkflowsRequirementExceptionScope2 conditions2 passages
Microsoft Entra Connect HealthRequirement1 condition1 passage
Microsoft Entra Conditional AccessRequirement3 conditions3 passages
Microsoft Entra ID ProtectionRequirementException3 conditions2 passages
Microsoft Entra monitoring and healthRequirement1 passage
Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity ManagementRequirement1 passage
Licenses you must have for PIMRequirement6 passages
When a license expires for PIMRequirement5 conditions4 passages
Microsoft Entra Verified IDScope1 passage
Multitenant organizationsRequirement1 condition1 passage
Administrative unitsRequirement2 conditions1 passage

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How this timeline changed

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19 Oct 2026
No longer on the page Features by licenseseen by ChangeIntel
19 Oct 2026
Scope added Features by licenseseen by ChangeIntel

Observed history and review priority

Captured 23 Oct 14:12 UTC; extracted 23 Oct 14:12 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/d9863eb412f92fa5ec3a8ca32e2dd7cfe8095530f456ecb1866608d1166a435d.

Review priority. Previously extracted guidance is missing from a later capture · Extracted assertions require review · Applicability or exceptions require review

0 date changes and 0 condition changes across 3 compared revisions. Suggested check interval: 6 hours.

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Retained observations · 20

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23 Oct 14:12 UTC · 53 candidates
19 Oct 23:56 UTC · 53 candidates
18 Oct 23:50 UTC · 53 candidates
12 Oct 23:53 UTC · 53 candidates
8 Oct 23:13 UTC · 43 candidates
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23 Feb 21:29 UTC · 0 candidates
19 Dec 2025 17:36 UTC · 0 candidates
1 Dec 2025 21:13 UTC · 0 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 25 Oct 00:32 UTC.

27 Jul 23:39 UTC Remove "preview" tags from Entra Tenant Governance Learn article for GA (#13930) Served on LearnView diff
1 Jul 22:48 UTC Redirect Entra group licensing UI docs to Microsoft 365 (#13731) View diff
18 Jun 17:41 UTC e7-licensing-061826 (#13548) View diff
30 Apr 20:31 UTC Update licensing.md to remove Entra Agent ID note View diff
30 Apr 15:58 UTC Consolidate Agent ID licensing into single include file View diff
29 Apr 11:10 UTC Add Agent ID licensing table to fundamentals/licensing.md View diff
25 Mar 03:11 UTC AI readiness: Add Overview headings to Fundamentals articles (batch 2) View diff
19 Mar 15:41 UTC Merge pull request #11729 from barclayn/2026-march-tenant-governance View diff
16 Mar 18:18 UTC Editorial pass: bulk operations & licensing articles (27 fixes) View diff
10 Mar 17:44 UTC Convert tenant governance licensing to include file pattern View diff
28 Feb 00:24 UTC Merge pull request #11540 from shlipsey3/agent-id-frontier-steps-022326 View diff
23 Feb 23:01 UTC link-fix View diff
23 Feb 21:29 UTC license-page View diff
19 Dec 2025 17:36 UTC Updates to licensing article View diff
1 Dec 2025 21:13 UTC Update licensing date in documentation View diff

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

9 Apr 16:43 UTC Add #Customer Intent to concept-article articles in fundamentals Metadata onlyView diff
27 Mar 03:21 UTC Remove manager override from 23 fundamentals articles Metadata onlyView diff
25 Feb 21:26 UTC [BULK UPDATE] Metadata: Move author/ms.author/manager/ms.service/ms.subservice to folder level (1/5) Metadata onlyView diff
27 Jan 00:15 UTC Update ms.topic values for batch 2 files (entries 41 to 80) Metadata onlyView diff
31 Jul 2025 07:05 UTC Bulk update ms.topic, folder: architecture,external-id,fundamentals,global-secure-access,id-governance,id-protection,identity Metadata onlyView diff

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Retained observations

23 Oct 14:12 UTC · shown above
19 Oct 23:56 UTC
1 edited passage (99 words changed). The changed wording mentions permissions, supported platforms, settings and controls. Review the source to confirm the effect.
18 Oct 23:50 UTC
1 edited passage (4 words changed), 7 removed passages (about 570 words). The changed wording mentions prerequisites, permissions, settings and controls, licensing. Review the source to confirm the effect.
12 Oct 23:53 UTC
The page title or its body outside the tracked passages changed. Review the source for its effect.
8 Oct 23:13 UTC
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What changed

First observed 18 Oct 2026

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