How to exclude O365 desktop apps from MFA when using Conditional Access?

Hi all. I'm have a little trouble excluding the O365 desktop apps from my Conditional Access policy. I have set up a policy to force MFA when accessing MS admin sites such as Azure, Exchange ...

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VasilMichev
Apr 27, 2023
The "cloud apps" condition applies to the SaaS products, not the individual apps. To target the desktop apps, you should be using the "client apps" condition instead. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/conditional-access/concept-conditional-access-conditions#client-apps

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