Microsoft-managed Conditional Access policies
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Observation details · observed 23 Oct 09:39 UTC
- Observed by ChangeIntel
- 23 Oct 09:39 UTC
- Source update metadata
- 8 Aug 07:42 UTC
- First observed on this installation
- 5 Oct 17:50 UTC
- Last successful check
- today 04:30 UTC
- Next check due
- today 10:30 UTC
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Timeline
From the capture of 23 Oct 09:39 UTC- 20 undated sections
- 25 with conditions
- 84 recorded changes
Requirements, exceptions and scope
Microsoft Entra ID P2 or Microsoft 365 Business Premium licenses is required to use Conditional Access features…
The Conditional Access Administrator role is the least…
- Multifactor authentication for admins accessing Microsoft Admin portalsRequirementScope1 condition2 passages
- Multifactor authentication and reauthentication for risky sign-insRequirementException2 conditions2 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.
72 earlier changes
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No longer on the page Require multifactor authentication for Azure managementin Upgrade from security defaultsMicrosoft's source, commit 3fce2e2
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No longer on the page Require multifactor authentication for all usersin Upgrade from security defaultsMicrosoft's source, commit 3fce2e2
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No longer on the page Require multifactor authentication for adminsin Upgrade from security defaultsMicrosoft's source, commit 3fce2e2
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No longer on the page Require multifactor authentication for adminsMicrosoft's source, commit a454cd9
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No longer on the page Require multifactor authentication for all usersMicrosoft's source, commit a454cd9
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Requirement added Require multifactor authentication for Azure managementin Upgrade from security defaultsMicrosoft's source, commit a454cd9
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Requirement added Require multifactor authentication for all usersin Upgrade from security defaultsMicrosoft's source, commit a454cd9
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Requirement added Require multifactor authentication for adminsin Upgrade from security defaultsMicrosoft's source, commit a454cd9
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No longer on the page Require multifactor authentication for adminsMicrosoft's source, commit a454cd9
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No longer on the page How to access and manage Microsoft-managed policiesMicrosoft's source, commit 8e7e08e
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No longer on the page How to access and manage Microsoft-managed policiesMicrosoft's source, commit b29c07b
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No longer on the page Require multifactor authentication for Azure managementin Upgrade from security defaultsMicrosoft's source, commit b29c07b
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No longer on the page Require multifactor authentication for all usersin Upgrade from security defaultsMicrosoft's source, commit b29c07b
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No longer on the page Require multifactor authentication for adminsin Upgrade from security defaultsMicrosoft's source, commit b29c07b
Observed history and review priority
Captured 23 Oct 09:39 UTC; extracted 23 Oct 09:39 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 2 compared revisions. Suggested check interval: 6 hours.
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 · 23
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- 23 Oct 09:39 UTC · 36 candidates
- 12 Oct 19:50 UTC · 36 candidates
- 6 Oct 17:57 UTC · 36 candidates
- 5 Oct 17:50 UTC · 36 candidates
- 7 Aug 22:35 UTC · 35 candidates
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- 18 Mar 16:44 UTC · 29 candidates
Microsoft's edits
History on GitHubCommits 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 today 00:34 UTC.
Related public evidence
- Community source · 24 Oct 2026Conditional Access Gaps and the App Back Door, with Brandon Colley
- Official documentation · 13 Oct 2026Conditional Access target resources
- Official documentation · 13 Oct 2026Conditional Access token protection
- Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026Conditional Access session controls
- Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026Authentication strengths
- Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026Conditional Access conditions
Retained observations
- 23 Oct 09:39 UTC · shown above
- 12 Oct 19:50 UTC
The page title or its body outside the tracked passages changed. Review the source for its effect.
- 6 Oct 17:57 UTC
Source metadata changed; retained article content is unchanged.
- 5 Oct 17:50 UTC
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What changed
First observed 18 Oct 2026No field changes are shown for this selection.
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