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Microsoft Learn documentation ↗Microsoft Purview extends data loss prevention to the network layer via integration with Entra Internet Access, enabling inspection and protection of sensitive data in AI interactions and cloud services. It supports policy enforcement, alerts, and auditing, with rollout from July to October 2026, affecting Purview, Entra, and Defender administrators.
Microsoft Entra ID Protection provides unified risk signals that aggregate correlated risk signals from Microsoft Entra ID Protection, Microsoft Defender, and other Microsoft security products. Instead of evaluating alerts in isolation, this capability correlates identity-related signals across products and evaluates them together within the same time window to calculate a compounded user risk score.
To see risk sign-in events together with risky user events, select the **Aggregate risk signals by risky sign-ins** checkbox.
Learn how unified risk signals correlate identity risk across Microsoft Entra ID Protection and Microsoft Defender to calculate compounded user risk.
- A test user who isn't an administrator to verify that policies work as expected before you deploy real users. To create a user, follow the steps in [How to create, invite, and delete users](../fundamentals/how-to-create-delete-users.md).
- It improves the accuracy of risk detection in [Microsoft Entra ID Protection risk detections](/entra/id-protection/concept-identity-protection-risks).
ID Protection analyzes signals about user accounts and calculates a risk score based on the probability that the user is compromised. If a user has risky user sign-in behavior, or their credentials were leaked, ID Protection uses these signals to calculate the user risk level. Administrators can configure risk-based Conditional Access policies to enforce access controls based on user risk, including requirements such as:
- It improves the accuracy of risk detection in [Microsoft Entra ID Protection risk detections](/entra/id-protection/concept-identity-protection-risks).
Learn about how Microsoft Entra ID Protection identifies risky agents.
Learn about risk detections and risk levels, including the difference between real-time and offline detections.
Learn how to access, filter, and use the Microsoft Entra ID Protection risk reports to mark users and sign-ins as risky or confirmed compromised.
Learn, deploy, and test Microsoft Entra ID Protection so that you can detect, investigate, and remediate identity-based risks.
Learn about improving risk analysis to identify risky users, discern risk event types, and examine risk levels for access and identity decisions.
Learn how identity administrators use real-time risk detection features in Microsoft Entra ID Protection to grant user access to protected resources.
Learn how Security Operations Center (SOC) admins use Microsoft Entra ID Protection to bring identity risk-related telemetry into security investigations.
Learn how IT administrators use Microsoft Entra ID Protection to identify and remediate identity risks for users that access enterprise-managed resources.
- **Require authentication strength** and **Sign-in frequency - Every time** are automatically applied to the policy to ensure that after session revocation, end users are immediately prompted to reauthenticate with the specified authentication strength.
- [Conditional Access Administrator](../identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference.md#conditional-access-administrator)
| Sign-in risk detection | Detection type | Type | riskEventType |
When user risk is detected, users can self-remediate by completing the appropriate remediation flow, regardless of their authentication method. The Microsoft-managed remediation policy in Conditional Access accommodates all authentication methods, including password-based and passwordless. For more information, see [Require risk remediation control](../../id-protection/concept-identity-protection-policies.md#require-risk-remediation-control).
Learn how to configure user self-remediation and manually remediate risky users in Microsoft Entra ID Protection.
This is a [privileged role](../privileged-roles-permissions.md). Users with this role have permissions to manage security-related features in the Microsoft Defender portal, Microsoft Entra ID Protection, Microsoft Entra Authentication, Azure Information Protection, and Microsoft Purview portal. For more information about Office 365 permissions, see [Roles and role groups in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft Purview compliance](/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/scc-permissions).
This is a [privileged role](../privileged-roles-permissions.md). Users with this role can manage alerts and have global read-only access on security-related features, including all information in Microsoft Defender portal, Microsoft Entra ID Protection, Privileged Identity Management, and Microsoft Purview portal. For more information about Office 365 permissions, see [Roles and role groups in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft Purview compliance](/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/scc-permissions).
This is a [privileged role](../privileged-roles-permissions.md). Users with this role have global read-only access on security-related feature, including all information in Microsoft Defender portal, Microsoft Entra ID Protection, Privileged Identity Management, and the ability to read Microsoft Entra sign-in reports and audit logs, and in Microsoft Purview portal. For more information about Office 365 permissions, see [Roles and role groups in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft Purview compliance](/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/scc-permissions).
This policy covers all users and requires multifactor authentication and reauthentication when high-risk sign-ins are detected. High-risk in this case means something about the way the user signed in is out of the ordinary. These high-risk sign-ins might include travel that is highly abnormal, password spray attacks, or token replay attacks. For more information, see [What are risk detections](/entra/id-protection/concept-identity-protection-risks#sign-in-risk-detections).
When user risk is detected, users can self-remediate by completing the appropriate remediation flow, regardless of their authentication method. The Microsoft-managed remediation policy in Conditional Access accommodates all authentication methods, including password-based and passwordless. For more information, see [Require risk remediation with Microsoft-managed remediation (preview)](../../id-protection/concept-identity-protection-policies.md#require-risk-remediation-control-preview).
The AI Administrator role is updated to support Agent 365, enabling delegated agent management without Global Admin involvement for routine tasks. Rollout starts March 2026. AI Admins gain expanded permissions for agent lifecycle management, tenant-wide consent (excluding Microsoft Graph app permissions), and risk monitoring via Identity Protection, enhancing security and compliance.
Learn how to use Microsoft Entra ID Protection for B2B users to secure your organization. Discover benefits and steps to unblock accounts.
Learn how to configure the Microsoft Entra ID Protection multifactor authentication registration policy.
Learn about the many long-term data storage and monitoring options for exporting risk data from Microsoft Entra ID Protection.
Learn how to access, filter, and use the Microsoft Entra ID Protection risk reports to mark users and sign-ins as risky or confirmed compromised.
Learn about the Identity Risk Management Agent and its role in identifying and mitigating risks within Microsoft Entra ID Protection.
Query Microsoft Graph risk detections and associated information from Microsoft Entra ID
How and why should you provide feedback on ID Protection risk detections.
Learn how to configure user self-remediation and manually remediate risky users in Microsoft Entra ID Protection.
Learn about risk detections and risk levels, including the difference between real-time and offline detections.
Enable and configure risk policies in Microsoft Entra ID Protection.
Learn how to simulate risk detections in Microsoft Entra ID Protection to enhance security. Test risk-based policies effectively.
Explore the full list of risk detections and their corresponding risk event types, along with a description of each risk event type.
Automation to detect, remediate, investigate, and analyze risk data with Microsoft Entra ID Protection
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This is a [privileged role](../privileged-roles-permissions.md). Users with this role have permissions to manage security-related features in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal, Microsoft Entra ID Protection, Microsoft Entra Authentication, Azure Information Protection, and Microsoft Purview portal. For more information about Office 365 permissions, see [Roles and role groups in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft Purview compliance](/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/scc-permissions).
This is a [privileged role](../privileged-roles-permissions.md). Users with this role can manage alerts and have global read-only access on security-related features, including all information in Microsoft 365 Defender portal, Microsoft Entra ID Protection, Privileged Identity Management, and Microsoft Purview portal. For more information about Office 365 permissions, see [Roles and role groups in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft Purview compliance](/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/scc-permissions).
This is a [privileged role](../privileged-roles-permissions.md). Users with this role have global read-only access on security-related feature, including all information in Microsoft 365 Defender portal, Microsoft Entra ID Protection, Privileged Identity Management, and the ability to read Microsoft Entra sign-in reports and audit logs, and in Microsoft Purview portal. For more information about Office 365 permissions, see [Roles and role groups in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft Purview compliance](/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/scc-permissions).
The Microsoft-managed remediation risk-based Conditional Access policy lets you author a risk policy that accommodates all authentication methods, including password-based and passwordless. This means that when you select "Require risk remediation" in your policy's grant controls, Microsoft Entra ID Protection manages the appropriate remediation flow based on the threat observed and the user's authentication method. For detailed steps on how to enable Microsoft-managed remediation, see [Configure risk policies](howto-identity-protection-configure-risk-policies.md#microsoft-recommendations).
Learn how to investigate risky users, detections, and sign-ins in Microsoft Entra ID Protection.
If a user is prompted to use self-service password reset (SSPR) to remediate user risk, they are prompted to update their password as shown in the [Microsoft Entra ID Protection user experience](concept-identity-protection-user-experience.md) article. Once they update their password, the user risk is remediated. A secure password change (MFA and password change) can also remediate user risk. The user can then proceed to sign in with their new password. The risk state and risk details for the user, sign-ins, and corresponding risk detections are updated as follows:
Learn how to configure user self-remediation and manually remediate risky users in Microsoft Entra ID Protection.
Learn about the Identity Risk Management Agent and its role in identifying and mitigating risks within Microsoft Entra ID Protection.
The Identity Risk Management Agent in Microsoft Entra ID Protection provides proactive risk management capabilities by analyzing user behavior and suggesting actions to mitigate potential identity risks. You can configure the settings to meet your organization's needs, such as how often it runs, and email notifications.
A Microsoft Entra documentation page was updated: Identity Risk Management Agent Get Started.
A Microsoft Entra documentation page was updated: Identity Risk Management Agent Risky User Report.
Learn how to configure the settings for the Identity Risk Management Agent in Microsoft Entra ID Protection.
A Microsoft Entra documentation page was updated: Identity Risk Management Agent Settings.
The Identity Risk Management Agent (Preview) in Microsoft Entra ID Protection provides proactive risk management capabilities by analyzing the risky identities and suggesting actions to remediate them. By using a Large Language Model, the agent helps security administrators review and respond to risky activities before they lead to security incidents.
Learn about how the Identity Risk Management Agent works with the Risky user report in Microsoft Entra ID Protection
Knowing which users are at risk and *why* they're at risk is a key responsibility of security and identity administrators. The Risky user report in Microsoft Entra ID Protection provides the full report, along with a risk data summary, and an activity timeline.
Starting December 11, 2025, Microsoft Defender XDR will offer enhanced alert configuration for Entra ID Protection, allowing admins to filter alerts by risk level (High only, High + Medium, or All). The default will change to High risk only, reducing alert volume and improving clarity.
- ID Protection for agents is included with the Microsoft Entra P2 license while in preview.
- [Configure risk policies](../id-protection/howto-identity-protection-configure-risk-policies.md) (Updated)
A Log Analytics workspace is a data store to collect log data types from Azure and non-Azure resources and applications. We recommend you send all log data to one Log Analytics workspace.
Microsoft Purview will enforce Entra conditional access policies for eDiscovery admins by blocking non-compliant users from accessing SharePoint content and adding a new ‘FilePreviewed’ audit log activity. Rollout begins now and completes by November 2025, enhancing security and compliance monitoring.
- Add corporate VPNs and IP address ranges to [named locations](../identity/conditional-access/concept-assignment-network.md) in your Conditional Access policies to reduce false positives.
Also referred to as Adversary in the Middle, this high precision detection is triggered when an authentication session is linked to a malicious reverse proxy. In this kind of attack, the adversary can intercept the user's credentials, including tokens issued to the user. The Microsoft Security Research team uses Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps to capture the identified risk and raises the user to **High** risk. We recommend administrators manually investigate the user when this detection is triggered to ensure the risk is cleared. Clearing this risk might require secure password reset or revocation of existing sessions.
Learn how to create Conditional Access policies using Microsoft Entra ID Protection to enforce secure password changes for users with elevated risk.
Protect your organization by implementing Conditional Access policies that address sign-in risks using Microsoft Entra ID Protection.
Access more queries and visual insights based on AADUserRiskEvents and AADRisky Users logs in the [Impact analysis of risk-based access policies workbook](workbook-risk-based-policy-impact.md).
- [Microsoft Entra ID Protection risk detections](/entra/id-protection/concept-identity-protection-risks) get a consistent view of original user Source IP address for assessing various risk scores.
When high-risk sign-ins are not properly restricted through Conditional Access policies, organizations expose themselves to security vulnerabilities. Threat actors can exploit these gaps for initial access through compromised credentials, credential stuffing attacks, or anomalous sign-in patterns that Microsoft Entra ID Protection identifies as risky behaviors. Without appropriate restrictions, threat actors who successfully authenticate during high-risk scenarios can perform privilege escalation by misusing the authenticated session to access sensitive resources, modify security configurations, or conduct reconnaissance activities within the environment. Once threat actors establish access through uncontrolled high-risk sign-ins, they can achieve persistence by creating additional accounts, installing backdoors, or modifying authentication policies to maintain long-term access to the organization's resources. The unrestricted access enables threat actors to conduct lateral movement across systems and applications using the authenticated session, potentially accessing sensitive data stores, administrative interfaces, or critical business applications. Finally, threat actors achieve impact through data exfiltration, or compromise business-critical systems while maintaining plausible deniability by exploiting the fact that their risky authentication was not properly challenged or blocked.
- **Risky users**: The agent suggests a policy to require secure password change for high risk users. Requires Microsoft Entra ID P2 license.
To [configure and enable risk policies](../id-protection/howto-identity-protection-configure-risk-policies.md), factor Sign-in risk and User [risk policies](../id-protection/concept-identity-protection-policies.md) in Microsoft Entra Conditional Access. If you enabled legacy risk policies in Microsoft Entra ID Protection, plan to [migrate them to Conditional Access](../id-protection/howto-identity-protection-configure-risk-policies.md#migrate-to-conditional-access).
Understanding the products and their core concepts is the first step toward running a successful PoC. Start with learning about the product features in this section:
Detect and investigate identity threats in the Microsoft Entra admin center or with Microsoft Graph APIs:
- [Use real-time risk detection to grant access to protected resources](id-protection-guide-detect.md)
- Risk summary: summarize in natural language why the user risk level was elevated.
:::image type="content" source="./media/copilot-entra-risky-user-summarization/risky-user-details.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the ID Protection risky user summarization details.":::
Learn how notifications support your investigation activities.
Learn how to use Microsoft Entra ID Protection for B2B users to secure your organization. Discover benefits and steps to unblock accounts.
