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Upcoming Conditional Access change: Improved enforcement for policies with resource exclusions

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Swaroop Krishnamurthy
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Jan 28, 2026

We’re strengthening how Microsoft Entra Conditional Access is enforced for a narrow set of authentication flows to improve your security posture.

In alignment with Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative, we are taking the following proactive security measures for defense-in-depth. Please review the changes and take any required actions to prepar...
Updated Mar 17, 2026
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skywww
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Apr 19, 2026

With the updated MC post:
still no report mode.

still no good exclusion mechanism.

still no good timeline - post published today (April 20) and roll-out is May 13 - 23 days to prepare.

 

This is a great example how good change could be fully compromised by the poor change management process.