Microsoft Entra ID GovernanceRelated tenants in Tenant Governance
In brief
Learn how Microsoft Entra Tenant Governance discovers related tenants through identity, application, and billing signals across your organization
Documentation change
Related tenants in Tenant Governance
These metrics describe how tenants are connected. They don't assign qualitative scores or imply that every related tenant must be governed. Instead, they provide the evidence needed to determine whether governance action is warranted.
Microsoft-managed tenants
Some discovered related tenants are Microsoft-owned infrastructure tenants rather than tenants that belong to your organization or your partners. Tenant Governance identifies these tenants and flags them as Microsoft managed.
Microsoft-managed tenants appear because routine Microsoft cloud operations create observable cross-tenant activity. They're expected and generally require no governance action. The Microsoft managed indicator helps you quickly recognize and set aside this class of related tenant so you can focus on tenants that need attention.
The Microsoft managed indicator is available to administrators who have a Tenant Governance license and permission to read related tenants.
Why related tenants matter
Related tenants provide value in several key areas, from surfacing unsanctioned tenants to enabling informed governance decisions.
diff --git a/docs/id-governance/tenant-governance/related-tenants.md b/docs/id-governance/tenant-governance/related-tenants.md index 6a02e60414f..cc773da861f 100644 --- a/docs/id-governance/tenant-governance/related-tenants.md +++ b/docs/id-governance/tenant-governance/related-tenants.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Related tenants in Tenant Governance titleSuffix: Microsoft Entra ID Governance description: Learn how Microsoft Entra Tenant Governance discovers related tenants through identity, application, and billing signals across your organization ms.topic: concept-article -ms.date: 03/10/2026 +ms.date: 07/14/2026 --- # Related tenants in Tenant Governance @@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ Tenant Governance discovers related tenants. You don't manually declare them. Di These metrics describe how tenants are connected. They don't assign qualitative scores or imply that every related tenant must be governed. Instead, they provide the evidence needed to determine whether governance action is warranted. +## Microsoft-managed tenants + +Some discovered related tenants are Microsoft-owned infrastructure tenants rather than tenants that belong to your organization or your partners. Tenant Governance identifies these tenants and flags them as **Microsoft managed**. + +Microsoft-managed tenants appear because routine Microsoft cloud operations create observable cross-tenant activity. They're expected and generally require no governance action. The **Microsoft managed** indicator helps you quickly recognize and set aside this class of related tenant so you can focus on tenants that need attention. + +The Microsoft managed indicator is available to administrators who have a Tenant Governance license and permission to read related tenants. + ## Why related tenants matter Related tenants provide value in several key areas, from surfacing unsanctioned tenants to enabling informed governance decisions.