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Conditional Access Policies are the Best Way to Block Weekend Access to Microsoft 365

Posted on March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 by Tony Redmond

Conditional access policies block weekend access.

Conditional access policies are very powerful. A beta feature appears to support time-limited blocks, but maybe the new feature is not needed because the same effect can be accomplished today through a mixture of conditional access policies, dynamic groups, and Azure Automation runbooks (or scheduled PowerShell scripts). Maybe that’s why Microsoft hasn’t released any documentation for the beta feature!

The My Sign-Ins Portal, Applications, and Conditional Access

Posted on October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 by Tony Redmond

A recent change has exposed the applications used by the My Sign-ins portal for use in conditional access policies. This article discusses the app-centric nature of Microsoft 365 and Entra ID and why it’s important that the newly-revealed set of applications are available for conditional access processing, just in case the Entra ID agents planned by Microsoft can’t optimize your policies.