EPM elevation rules
Observed content change
1 new passage (about 70 words). The changed wording mentions defaults, permissions, settings and controls. Review the source to confirm the effect.
May need admin actionCheck whether a default changed for your tenant or devices; check the roles and permissions you grant; check the settings the wording names.
[added: Unlike elevation rules assigned to groups that contain users, the default elevation response is a device-scoped client setting configured by the Windows elevation settings policy] …
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Why this was flagged
The changed words, with a few words around them, matched these rule categories: defaults, permissions, settings and controls. These matches identify subjects to assess; they do not establish a policy change or applicability.
Observation details · observed 19 Oct 01:09 UTC
- Observed by ChangeIntel
- 19 Oct 01:09 UTC
- Source update metadata
- 16 Oct 22:35 UTC
- First observed on this installation
- 5 Oct 17:50 UTC
- Last successful check
- today 20:00 UTC
- Next check due
- 21 Oct 02:00 UTC
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Timeline
From the capture of 19 Oct 01:09 UTC- 13 undated sections
- 34 with conditions
- 1 recorded change
Requirements, exceptions and scope
Elevation rules policies allow Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM) to identify specific files and scripts and perform the associated elevation action. For elevation rules to take…
- Defining rules for use with Endpoint Privilege ManagementExceptionRecommendation2 conditions1 passage
- Automatically configure elevation rules for Windows elevation rules policyScopeRecommendation2 conditions1 passage
- Manually configure elevation rules for Windows elevation rules policyRequirementExceptionScopeRecommendation20 conditions17 passages
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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.
Observed history and review priority
Captured 19 Oct 01:09 UTC; extracted 19 Oct 01:09 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/fc65ebeb286710c0a830833db8a7e5de7e266b79981fe9c7c34479be9369ad3c.
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 2 compared revisions. Suggested check interval: 6 hours.
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Retained observations · 4
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- 19 Oct 01:09 UTC · 64 candidates
- 12 Oct 19:50 UTC · 63 candidates
- 6 Oct 17:57 UTC · 45 candidates
- 5 Oct 17:50 UTC · 45 candidates
Related public evidence
- Official documentation · 19 Oct 2026EPM elevation settings
- Official documentation · 19 Oct 2026EPM deployment prerequisites
- Official documentation · 13 Oct 2026EPM known issues
- Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026Endpoint Privilege Management overview
- Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026EPM system settings
- Community source · 5 Oct 2026Manage system settings with Endpoint Privilege Management
Retained observations
- 19 Oct 01:09 UTC · shown above
- 12 Oct 19:50 UTC
8 removed passages (about 50 words). The changed wording mentions prerequisites. Review the source to confirm the effect.
- 6 Oct 17:57 UTC
Source metadata changed; retained article content is unchanged.
- 5 Oct 17:50 UTC
Baseline for retained history; no earlier retained text to compare.
What changed
First observed 18 Oct 2026No field changes in the recorded history.
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