Microsoft Entra ID Governance
GovernanceEntitlement Management Access Package Request Policy
In brief
The documentation removes an inaccurate statement implying that direct assignment to an access package requires approval. It now states only that assigned users must meet the policy’s eligibility requirements.
What Entra admins need to know
Administrators should use the updated eligibility guidance when assigning users; no product behavior change is described.
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Documentation change
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- Skip to the Who can request access section.
Open and edit an existing policy's request settings
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Follow these steps if you want to bypass access requests and allow administrator 1. Skip to the [Who can request access](#who-can-request-access) section. > [!NOTE]-> When assigning users to an access package, administrators will need to verify that the users are eligible for that access package based on the existing policy requirements. Otherwise, the users won't successfully be assigned to the access package. If the access package contains a policy that requires user requests to be approved, users can't be directly assigned to the package without necessary approval(s) from the designated approver(s).+> When assigning users to an access package, administrators will need to verify that the users are eligible for that access package based on the existing policy requirements. Otherwise, the users won't successfully be assigned to the access package. ## Open and edit an existing policy's request settings