conditional-access-policy-sign-in-risk.md

author	joflore
ms.service	entra-id
ms.subservice	conditional-access
ms.topic	include
ms.date	10/29/2025
ms.author	joflore

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Conditional Access Administrator.
2. Browse to Entra ID > Conditional Access.
3. Select New policy.
4. Give your policy a name. We recommend that organizations create a meaningful standard for the names of their policies.
5. Under Assignments, select Users or workload identities.
   1. Under Include, select All users.
   2. Under Exclude, select Users and groups and choose your organization's emergency access or break-glass accounts.
   3. Select Done.
6. Under Cloud apps or actions > Include, select All resources (formerly 'All cloud apps').
7. Under Conditions > Sign-in risk, set Configure to Yes.
   1. Under Select the sign-in risk level this policy will apply to, select High and Medium. This guidance is based on Microsoft recommendations and might be different for each organization
   2. Select Done.
8. Under Access controls > Grant, select Grant access.
   1. Select Require authentication strength, then select the built-in Multifactor authentication authentication strength from the list.
   2. Select Select.
9. Under Session.
   1. Select Sign-in frequency.
   2. Ensure Every time is selected.
   3. Select Select.
10. Confirm your settings and set Enable policy to Report-only.
11. Select Create to create to enable your policy.

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Passwordless scenarios

For organizations that adopt passwordless authentication methods make the following changes:

Update your passwordless sign-in risk policy

1. Under Users:
   1. Include, select Users and groups and target your passwordless users.
   2. Under Exclude, select Users and groups and choose your organization's emergency access or break-glass accounts.
   3. Select Done.
2. Under Cloud apps or actions > Include, select All resources (formerly 'All cloud apps').
3. Under Conditions > Sign-in risk, set Configure to Yes.
   1. Under Select the sign-in risk level this policy will apply to, select High and Medium. For more information on risk levels, see Choosing acceptable risk levels.
   2. Select Done.
4. Under Access controls > Grant, select Grant access.
   1. Select Require authentication strength, then select the built-in Passwordless MFA or Phishing-resistant MFA based on which method the targeted users have.
   2. Select Select.
5. Under Session:
   1. Select Sign-in frequency.
   2. Ensure Every time is selected.
   3. Select Select.