How to Transition from Microsoft Entra Security Defaults to Conditional Access?

Question

Our organization started with Microsoft Entra security defaults but has now upgraded to Entra Premium licenses. We need more control over access policies, so we're planning to implement Conditional Access.

How do we implement Conditional Access policies effectively?

Answer 1

Conditional Access provides advanced capabilities like risk-based sign-ins and device compliance checks, making it a powerful tool for enhancing security while maintaining flexibility, and transitioning from security defaults to Conditional Access offers greater flexibility and control over your security policies.

Transition from Microsoft Entra Security Defaults to Conditional Access?

To transit from Microsoft Entra Security Defaults to Conditional Access, you have to do the following:

1) Disable Security Defaults:

• Navigate to the Microsoft Entra admin center.
• In the left side menu, Go to Identity > Overview > Properties > Manage Security Defaults and set it to No.

2) Plan Conditional Access Policies:

• Define key policies for enforcing MFA, blocking legacy authentication, and allowing access from trusted locations or devices.
• Test policies with a small group of users before applying them organization-wide.

3) Implement Conditional Access:

• Navigate to Microsoft Entra admin center > Protection> Conditional Access and create policies.
  
• Monitor the impact of policies through the Sign-In logs.

Read also, Building a Conditional Access policy

Comments

Very helpful, thank you