| title | description | services | ms.service | ms.subservice | ms.topic | ms.date | ms.author | author | manager | ms.reviewer | ms.collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conditional Access templates |
Deploy commonly used Conditional Access policies with templates |
active-directory |
active-directory |
conditional-access |
conceptual |
11/29/2022 |
joflore |
MicrosoftGuyJFlo |
amycolannino |
calebb, lhuangnorth |
M365-identity-device-management |
Conditional Access templates (Preview)
Conditional Access templates provide a convenient method to deploy new policies aligned with Microsoft recommendations. These templates are designed to provide maximum protection aligned with commonly used policies across various customer types and locations.
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There are 14 Conditional Access policy templates, filtered by five different scenarios:
- Secure foundation
- Zero Trust
- Remote work
- Protect administrators
- Emerging threats
- All
Find the templates in the Azure portal > Azure Active Directory > Security > Conditional Access > New policy from template (Preview). Select Show more to see all policy templates in each scenario.
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[!IMPORTANT] Conditional Access template policies will exclude only the user creating the policy from the template. If your organization needs to exclude other accounts, you will be able to modify the policy once they are created. Simply navigate to Azure portal > Azure Active Directory > Security > Conditional Access > Policies, select the policy to open the editor and modify the excluded users and groups to select accounts you want to exclude.
By default, each policy is created in report-only mode, we recommended organizations test and monitor usage, to ensure intended result, before turning each policy on.
Organizations can select individual policy templates and:
- View a summary of the policy settings.
- Edit, to customize based on organizational needs.
- Export the JSON definition for use in programmatic workflows.
- These JSON definitions can be edited and then imported on the main Conditional Access policies page using the Import policy file option.
Conditional Access template policies
- Block legacy authentication*
- Require multifactor authentication for admins*
- Require multifactor authentication for all users*
- Require multifactor authentication for Azure management*
* These four policies when configured together, provide similar functionality enabled by security defaults.
- Block access for unknown or unsupported device platform
- No persistent browser session
- Require approved client apps or app protection
- Require compliant or hybrid Azure AD joined device or multifactor authentication for all users
- Require compliant or Hybrid Azure AD joined device for administrators
- Require multifactor authentication for risky sign-in Requires Azure AD Premium P2
- Require multifactor authentication for guest access
- Require password change for high-risk users Requires Azure AD Premium P2
- Securing security info registration
- Use application enforced restrictions for unmanaged devices
Other common policies
User exclusions
[!INCLUDE active-directory-policy-exclusions]