A new article explains how to consolidate selected Conditional Access policies into a policy plan, review shared conditions and generated rules, and validate the plan before enforcement. Original policies remain unchanged and continue evaluating independently.
Conditional Access policy plans preview groups shared targeting and exclusion rules
Microsoft added three Entra ID guides for Conditional Access policy plans, a preview capability that groups related rules under shared targeting and conditions, centralizes exclusions, and supports review before enforcement. A separate guide covers Secure Cloud User Integration single sign-on with OIDC, while Private Access operations guidance removed a connector-offline troubleshooting workflow.
- Policy plans organize related Conditional Access rules
Entra ID · Conditional Access
New preview guidance describes plans that group related rules under shared targeting and conditions, centralize exclusions, and support multiple enforcement scenarios.
- Migration guidance keeps original policies evaluating independently
Entra ID · Conditional Access
The migration workflow consolidates selected policies into a plan, shows shared conditions and generated rules, and supports validation before enforcement. The original policies remain unchanged and continue evaluating independently.
- Plan creation supports templates, report-only review, and role-based management
Entra ID · Conditional Access
Administrators can create plans from templates or from scratch, configure shared conditions and exclusions, review rules in report-only mode, and enable them. Creating, modifying, or deleting plans requires the Conditional Access Administrator role.
- Secure Cloud User Integration SSO setup is documented with OIDC
Entra ID · Standards
The new guide covers prerequisites, consent-based onboarding, authentication settings, fallback passwords, and SSO verification. The enterprise application is created only after the initial Microsoft Entra sign-in and consent.
- Private Access removes its connector-offline troubleshooting row
Private Access · General
The operations page no longer includes the connector offline condition, related Sentinel analytics guidance, or the Windows service check. No administrator action is required, but operators should avoid relying on that removed workflow.
Conditional Access administrators can review migration and creation workflows before enabling plan rules; original policies remain unchanged and continue evaluating independently, and plan management requires the Conditional Access Administrator role. Administrators configuring Secure Cloud User Integration can follow the OIDC setup, including consent-dependent enterprise application creation. Private Access operators should not rely on the removed connector-offline workflow; the update states that no action is required.
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Updates this week
Microsoft Entra ID
4 updatesCreate a Conditional Access policy plan (preview)
Public previewA new guide explains how to create policy plans from templates or from scratch, configure shared conditions and exclusions, review rules in report-only mode, and enable them.
The new documentation introduces Conditional Access policy plans, which group related rules under shared targeting and conditions. Plans can centralize exclusions and support multiple enforcement scenarios; the capability is marked preview.
A new article explains how to configure Secure Cloud User Integration with Microsoft Entra ID using OIDC, including prerequisites, consent-based onboarding, authentication settings, fallback passwords, and SSO verification.
Microsoft Entra Private Access
1 updateOperate Private Access
Doc updateThe Private Access operations page no longer includes the row describing a connector offline condition, related Sentinel analytics guidance, or the Windows service check.
