{
  "format": "changeintel.gsa-web-filtering-v2",
  "graphShapeDocumented": false,
  "note": "Neutral review format. Create the rule in the Microsoft Entra admin center: Global Secure Access \u003E Secure \u003E Web Filtering Policies (V2).",
  "rules": [
    {
      "name": "ChangeIntel Azure Arc-enabled servers",
      "action": "Allow",
      "destinations": [
        {
          "type": "url",
          "value": "download.microsoft.com",
          "purpose": "Only at installation time. Used to download the Windows installation package.",
          "required": true,
          "sources": [
            "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/network-requirements?tabs=azure-china#urls"
          ],
          "caveats": [
            "V2 matching broadens: this FQDN becomes a URL destination that matches the address and its sub-paths, not only the exact host as a V1 FQDN rule did."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "url",
          "value": "packages.microsoft.com",
          "purpose": "Only at installation time. Used to download the Linux installation package.",
          "required": true,
          "sources": [
            "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/network-requirements?tabs=azure-china#urls"
          ],
          "caveats": [
            "V2 matching broadens: this FQDN becomes a URL destination that matches the address and its sub-paths, not only the exact host as a V1 FQDN rule did."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "url",
          "value": "login.chinacloudapi.cn",
          "purpose": "Always. Microsoft Entra ID.",
          "required": true,
          "sources": [
            "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/network-requirements?tabs=azure-china#urls"
          ],
          "caveats": [
            "V2 matching broadens: this FQDN becomes a URL destination that matches the address and its sub-paths, not only the exact host as a V1 FQDN rule did.",
            "Public material indicates the Microsoft traffic profile takes this before Internet Access (indicated, not confirmed), so this rule is probably redundant. Confirm in the Global Secure Access client: Advanced diagnostics, Forwarding profile."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "url",
          "value": "login.partner.chinacloudapi.cn",
          "purpose": "Always. Microsoft Entra ID.",
          "required": true,
          "sources": [
            "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/network-requirements?tabs=azure-china#urls"
          ],
          "caveats": [
            "V2 matching broadens: this FQDN becomes a URL destination that matches the address and its sub-paths, not only the exact host as a V1 FQDN rule did.",
            "Public material indicates the Microsoft traffic profile takes this before Internet Access (indicated, not confirmed), so this rule is probably redundant. Confirm in the Global Secure Access client: Advanced diagnostics, Forwarding profile."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "url",
          "value": "pas.chinacloudapi.cn",
          "purpose": "Always. Microsoft Entra ID.",
          "required": true,
          "sources": [
            "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/network-requirements?tabs=azure-china#urls"
          ],
          "caveats": [
            "V2 matching broadens: this FQDN becomes a URL destination that matches the address and its sub-paths, not only the exact host as a V1 FQDN rule did.",
            "Public material indicates the Microsoft traffic profile takes this before Internet Access (indicated, not confirmed), so this rule is probably redundant. Confirm in the Global Secure Access client: Advanced diagnostics, Forwarding profile."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "url",
          "value": "management.chinacloudapi.cn",
          "purpose": "Only when you connect or disconnect a server. Azure Resource Manager is used to create or delete the Azure Arc server resource.",
          "required": true,
          "sources": [
            "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/network-requirements?tabs=azure-china#urls"
          ],
          "caveats": [
            "V2 matching broadens: this FQDN becomes a URL destination that matches the address and its sub-paths, not only the exact host as a V1 FQDN rule did.",
            "Public material indicates the Microsoft traffic profile takes this before Internet Access (indicated, not confirmed), so this rule is probably redundant. Confirm in the Global Secure Access client: Advanced diagnostics, Forwarding profile."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "url",
          "value": "*.his.arc.azure.cn",
          "purpose": "Always. Metadata and hybrid identity services.",
          "required": true,
          "sources": [
            "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/network-requirements?tabs=azure-china#urls"
          ],
          "caveats": [
            "A *. wildcard matches subdomains of his.arc.azure.cn but not his.arc.azure.cn itself; list the apex separately only if a source publishes it.",
            "V2 matching broadens: this FQDN becomes a URL destination that matches the address and its sub-paths, not only the exact host as a V1 FQDN rule did."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "url",
          "value": "*.guestconfiguration.azure.cn",
          "purpose": "Always. Extension management and guest configuration services.",
          "required": true,
          "sources": [
            "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/network-requirements?tabs=azure-china#urls"
          ],
          "caveats": [
            "A *. wildcard matches subdomains of guestconfiguration.azure.cn but not guestconfiguration.azure.cn itself; list the apex separately only if a source publishes it.",
            "V2 matching broadens: this FQDN becomes a URL destination that matches the address and its sub-paths, not only the exact host as a V1 FQDN rule did."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "url",
          "value": "guestnotificationservice.azure.cn",
          "purpose": "Always. Notification service for extension and connectivity scenarios.",
          "required": true,
          "sources": [
            "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/network-requirements?tabs=azure-china#urls"
          ],
          "caveats": [
            "V2 matching broadens: this FQDN becomes a URL destination that matches the address and its sub-paths, not only the exact host as a V1 FQDN rule did."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "url",
          "value": "*.guestnotificationservice.azure.cn",
          "purpose": "Always. Notification service for extension and connectivity scenarios.",
          "required": true,
          "sources": [
            "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/network-requirements?tabs=azure-china#urls"
          ],
          "caveats": [
            "A *. wildcard matches subdomains of guestnotificationservice.azure.cn but not guestnotificationservice.azure.cn itself; list the apex separately only if a source publishes it.",
            "V2 matching broadens: this FQDN becomes a URL destination that matches the address and its sub-paths, not only the exact host as a V1 FQDN rule did."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "url",
          "value": "*.servicebus.chinacloudapi.cn",
          "purpose": "If you use SSH or Windows Admin Center from Azure. For Windows Admin Center and SSH scenarios.",
          "required": true,
          "sources": [
            "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/network-requirements?tabs=azure-china#urls"
          ],
          "caveats": [
            "A *. wildcard matches subdomains of servicebus.chinacloudapi.cn but not servicebus.chinacloudapi.cn itself; list the apex separately only if a source publishes it.",
            "V2 matching broadens: this FQDN becomes a URL destination that matches the address and its sub-paths, not only the exact host as a V1 FQDN rule did.",
            "Public material indicates the Microsoft traffic profile takes this before Internet Access (indicated, not confirmed), so this rule is probably redundant. Confirm in the Global Secure Access client: Advanced diagnostics, Forwarding profile."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "url",
          "value": "*.blob.core.chinacloudapi.cn",
          "purpose": "Always, except when you use private endpoints. Download source for Azure Arc-enabled servers extensions.",
          "required": true,
          "sources": [
            "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/network-requirements?tabs=azure-china#urls"
          ],
          "caveats": [
            "A *. wildcard matches subdomains of blob.core.chinacloudapi.cn but not blob.core.chinacloudapi.cn itself; list the apex separately only if a source publishes it.",
            "V2 matching broadens: this FQDN becomes a URL destination that matches the address and its sub-paths, not only the exact host as a V1 FQDN rule did.",
            "Public material indicates the Microsoft traffic profile takes this before Internet Access (indicated, not confirmed), so this rule is probably redundant. Confirm in the Global Secure Access client: Advanced diagnostics, Forwarding profile."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "url",
          "value": "dc.applicationinsights.azure.cn",
          "purpose": "Optional. Not used in agent versions 1.24\u002B. Agent telemetry.",
          "required": false,
          "sources": [
            "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/network-requirements?tabs=azure-china#urls"
          ],
          "caveats": [
            "V2 matching broadens: this FQDN becomes a URL destination that matches the address and its sub-paths, not only the exact host as a V1 FQDN rule did."
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "notes": [
    "In V2 a security profile contains exactly one web filtering policy. Each rule carries its own Allow or Block action and the policy has a default action (Allow, Block, or the preview Continue Evaluation).",
    "V2 has no standalone FQDN type: FQDNs are expressed as URL destinations, and a URL destination matches the address and its sub-paths.",
    "A former exact-host FQDN evaluated with URL logic can match sub-paths of the address rather than only the exact host; review destinations to confirm they match the intended traffic.",
    "V2 runs before V1. A V2 Block is terminal; a V2 Allow isn\u0027t, so a V1 policy can still block the same traffic.",
    "Without TLS inspection, HTTPS traffic is evaluated by Server Name Indication (SNI); only unencrypted HTTP exposes the full URL."
  ]
}