Week in brief

PIM Iteration 2 API retirement and eDiscovery access enforcement are the week’s consequential changes

The week of 27 October 2025 was dominated by documentation maintenance: 121 items were updated, with no new or removed items recorded. The two Message Center notices carry the clearest operational impact. Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management (PIM) Iteration 2 beta APIs now have a retirement date, while Microsoft Purview is applying Entra Conditional Access compliance to eDiscovery administrators’ SharePoint access. Other notable updates clarify existing behavior or describe capabilities explicitly marked as preview; they do not establish a new GA launch on the supplied evidence.

  • ID Governance — Privileged Identity Management (PIM) APIsPIM Iteration 2 beta APIs will be retired on 28 October 2026

    Retirement notice for Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management. Applications that continue using the Iteration 2 beta APIs will fail after the retirement date. Microsoft directs organizations to migrate to the more reliable Iteration 3 APIs, identified as GA, and to stop new development on Iteration 2.

  • ID Protection / Microsoft Purview eDiscovery and Entra Conditional AccessPurview eDiscovery access will enforce Entra Conditional Access compliance

    This is a Message Center change in enforcement behavior, not a documentation-only edit. During a rollout that begins in this period and completes by November 2025, non-compliant eDiscovery administrators will be blocked from accessing SharePoint content under Microsoft Purview’s enforcement of Entra Conditional Access policies. The change also adds a FilePreviewed audit log activity for compliance monitoring.

  • Entra ID / Agent ID — Conditional Access optimization agentConditional Access optimization agent documentation clarifies scope and required roles

    The updated guidance describes an agent that can explain or reorder policy suggestions through natural-language chat, evaluate MFA and device-based controls, identify legacy authentication and device code flow exposure, propose consolidation of similar enabled policies, and offer one-click remediation. To produce Intune device-compliance or app-protection suggestions, it must run as a Global Administrator or as a Conditional Access Administrator together with Global Reader; Conditional Access Administrator alone is

  • Entra ID — External authentication methods and custom controlsExternal authentication method guidance documents a double-redirect outcome

    This is an authentication behavior clarification. The guidance says to use a test group for each policy, but not the same users in both. A user included in both policies—or affected by a policy containing both conditions—must satisfy MFA and the custom control, causing a second redirect to the external provider.

  • The updated ID Governance documentation describes Custom Attribute Triggers as an attribute-change trigger within a Lifecycle Workflow. It also describes delegated workflow management in preview, using Administrative Units to limit specific administrators to managing specific workflows instead of granting broad workflow-management access. These updates describe preview functionality and do not, by themselves, establish a new launch or GA status.

For Entra administrators

Inventory applications that use PIM Iteration 2 beta APIs, stop new development on them, and plan migration to the Iteration 3 GA APIs before 28 October 2026. Review the Conditional Access requirements affecting eDiscovery administrators and account for the new FilePreviewed audit activity. Administrators using the Conditional Access optimization agent or external authentication methods should apply the clarified role and test-group guidance. The Lifecycle Workflows changes remain preview documentation rather than evidence of a tenant-wide rollout.

This period briefing was generated by AI from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.

Updates this week

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A Microsoft Entra documentation page was updated: Whats New.

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Overview

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A Microsoft Entra documentation page was updated: Overview.

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Authentication

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Disable user sign-in for an application

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There might be situations while configuring or managing an application where you don't want tokens to be issued for an application. Or, you might want to block an application that you don't want your employees to try to access, like the deprecated Azure AD PowerShell modules (AppID 1b730954-1685-4b74-9bfd-dac224a7b894). To block user access to an application, you can disable user sign-in for the application, which prevents all tokens from being issued for that application.

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Authentication External Method Manage

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Include a test group of users for each policy, but not both. If a user is included in both policies, or any policy with both conditions, the user has to satisfy MFA during sign-in. They also have to satisfy the custom control, which makes them redirected to the external provider a second time.

29 October 2025

Conditional Access

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Conditional Access Agent Optimization

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To identify Intune device compliance and app protection policies, the agent must be running as a Global Administrator or Conditional Access Administrator AND Global Reader. Conditional Access Administrator isn't sufficient on its own for the agent to produce Intune suggestions.

1 November 2025

Conditional Access Agent Optimization Chat

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With the Conditional Access optimization agent chat interface, you can use natural language to get more information on a policy suggestion or have the agent present the suggestions in a different order.

28 October 2025

Conditional Access Agent Optimization Review Suggestions

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Conditional Access Agent Optimization

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The Conditional Access optimization agent evaluates policies such as requiring multifactor authentication (MFA), enforcing device based controls (device compliance, app protection policies, and domain-joined devices), and blocking legacy authentication and device code flow. The agent also evaluates all existing enabled policies to propose potential consolidation of similar policies. When the agent identifies a suggestion, you can have the agent update the associated policy with one click-remediation.

28 October 2025

Authentication

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Microsoft Purview: eDiscovery admin content access restrictions when not in compliance with Entra policies

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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.

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Message CenterMC1181768 on mc.merill.net ↗Major updatePlan for change

Governance

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Delegated workflow management (preview)

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Workflows by default, unless specified during creation, are managed by users with either the Lifecycle Workflows, or Global, administrator roles. As workflows grow and change to meet the needs of members of your organization, so does the need to limit who can manage them. With delegated workflow management, you can scope management of workflows using [Administrative Units](../identity/role-based-access-control/administrative-units.md). When scoped, specific admins are only granted access to manage specific workflows. Scoping allows for greater security within your environment by following Microsoft's least privileged access guidelines by only giving access to specifically what's needed.

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Authentication

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Branding

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General

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