Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access
Troubleshooting

Troubleshoot the Windows Global Secure Access client: Health check

In brief

The guidance replaces browser-level QUIC disabling with Custom Acquire for UDP 443 and an enabled cloud firewall Block rule. It also adds verification steps using traffic logs and notes that QUIC acquisition and blocking are in preview, without end-to-end QUIC forwarding.

What Entra admins need to know

Admins using the previous approach should keep QUIC enabled, configure and apply the acquisition and firewall policies, and verify a logged Block decision and TCP fallback.

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Troubleshoot the Global Secure Access client for Windows: Health check tab

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  1. Save the filtered log as a file and attach the log file to the support ticket.

Troubleshoot QUIC not supported foracquisition and blocking

Keep QUIC enabled in Microsoft Edge, Chrome, and Firefox. To prevent QUIC connections from bypassing Internet Access inspection, acquire and block the traffic with Custom Acquire and cloud firewall instead of disabling QUIC in browsers.

Cloud firewall for clients supports QUIC acquisition and blocking in preview, not end-to-end QUIC forwarding. An Allow rule for UDP port 443 doesn't enable supported end-to-end QUIC connectivity.

Configure acquisition and enforcement

  1. In the Internet Access traffic forwarding profile, enable Custom Acquire and add a rule for the intended destinations with protocol UDP and destination port 443. Default Acquire only acquires TCP ports 80 and 443.
  2. Create an enabled cloud firewall rule for those destinations with protocol UDP, destination port 443, and action Block. The rule blocks all matching UDP port 443 traffic, not only QUIC.
  3. Link the firewall policy to a security profile, enable the policy link, and apply the profile to the intended users through an enabled Conditional Access policy. Review matching rule and security profile priorities.
  4. Keep Default Acquire enabled for TCP ports 80 and 443 so that applications that support fallback can connect over HTTPS using TCP.

For prerequisites and detailed steps, see Configure cloud firewall for Global Secure Access clients.

Verify effective QUIC blocking

SinceBrowser QUIC isnsettings don't yet supportedestablish whether cloud firewall blocks traffic. If your client version reports that QUIC is enabled in a browser, verify acquisition and enforcement with the following steps instead of disabling QUIC. These are manual troubleshooting steps, not an automated Health check test for Internet Access, traffic to ports 80 UDP and 443 UDP can't be tunneled.cloud firewall.

  1. Use Advanced diagnostics to confirm that the client acquires the test connection through the Internet Access traffic forwarding profile. Acquisition rules don't override traffic bypass exclusions.
  2. From a browser with QUIC enabled, make a new connection to a QUIC-capable destination covered by the acquisition and firewall rules.
  3. In Global Secure Access > Monitor > Traffic logs, open Connections. Find the UDP port 443 connection by its test time and destination, and confirm a logged Block decision. Review the associated security profile, policy, and rule information where available.
  4. Confirm that the application falls back to HTTPS over TCP and that the expected inspection or filtering applies.

A UDP timeout alone doesn't prove cloud firewall enforcement. If you can't correlate the test connection with a logged Block decision, blocking isn't verified. Check acquisition, bypass exclusions, policy applicability, and rule priorities.

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