Require approved client apps or app protection policy
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People regularly use their mobile devices for both personal and work tasks. While making sure staff can be productive, organizations also want to prevent data loss from applications on devices they may not manage fully.
App protection policies are supported on iOS and Android where applications meet specific requirements. App protection policies are supported on Windows in preview for the Microsoft Edge browser only. Not all applications that are supported as approved applications or support application protection policies. For a list of some common client apps, see App protection policy requirement. If your application is not listed there, contact the application developer. In order to require approved client apps or to enforce app protection policies for iOS and Android devices, these devices must first register in Microsoft Entra ID.
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Require one of the selected controls under grant controls is like an OR clause. This is used within policy to enable users to utilize apps that support either the Require app protection policy or Require approved client app grant controls. Require app protection policy is enforced when the app supports that grant control.
The following policies are put in to Report-only mode to start so administrators can determine the impact they'll have on existing users. When administrators are comfortable that the policies apply as they intend, they can switch to On or stage the deployment by adding specific groups and excluding others.
Require approved client apps or app protection policy with mobile devices.
The following steps help create a Conditional Access policy requiring an approved client app or an app protection policy when using an iOS/iPadOS or Android device. This policy prevents the use of Exchange ActiveSync clients using basic authentication on mobile devices. This policy works in tandem with an app protection policy created in Microsoft Intune.
Organizations can choose to deploy this policy using the following steps or using the Conditional Access templates.
Give your policy a name. We recommend that organizations create a meaningful standard for the names of their policies.
Under Assignments, select Users or workload identities.
Under Include, select All users.
Under Exclude, select Users and groups and exclude at least one account to prevent yourself from being locked out. If you don't exclude any accounts, you can't create the policy.
Under Target resources > Resources (formerly cloud apps) > Include, select All resources (formerly 'All cloud apps').
Under Conditions > Device platforms, set Configure to Yes.
Under Include, Select device platforms.
Choose Android and iOS.
Select Done.
Under Access controls > Grant, select Grant access.
Select Require approved client app and Require app protection policy
For multiple controls select Require one of the selected controls
Confirm your settings and set Enable policy to Report-only.
Select Create to create to enable your policy.
After administrators confirm the settings using report-only mode, they can move the Enable policy toggle from Report-only to On.
Give your policy a name. We recommend that organizations create a meaningful standard for the names of their policies.
Under Assignments, select Users or workload identities.
Under Include, select All users.
Under Exclude, select Users and groups and exclude at least one account to prevent yourself from being locked out. If you don't exclude any accounts, you can't create the policy.
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