Microsoft Entra ID Increases Conditional Access Policy Limit from 195 to 244 for Complex Security Environments

Key Takeaways

• Microsoft Entra ID now supports up to 244 Conditional Access policies, increased from 195.
• The update helps organisations with large and complex security environments manage more scenarios.
• More policy capacity does not mean more policies should be created unnecessarily.
• Microsoft still recommends using broad and simplified Conditional Access policies whenever possible.
• Granular policies should be reserved for special cases, such as protecting privileged admin accounts or high-risk applications with stronger authentication methods like security keys.

Microsoft has increased the maximum number of Conditional Access policies in Microsoft Entra ID from 195 to 244. This is helpful for organisations that manage large environments with many users, apps, devices, and security requirements.

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Microsoft Entra ID Increases Conditional Access Policy Limit from 195 to 244 for Complex Security Environments

Even though the limit is higher, Microsoft does not recommend creating too many policies. Having many separate policies can make them harder to manage and may lead to mistakes, overlaps, or conflicts between policies.

• Use broad and simple Conditional Access policies whenever possible.
• Avoid creating too many detailed or separate policies unnecessarily.
• Use granular policies only for special or high-security scenarios.
• Protect administrator accounts with stronger security controls.
• Apply stricter policies to sensitive or highly privileged applications.
• Use stronger authentication methods, such as security keys, when needed.

Feature	Previous Limit	New Limit
Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access Policies	195 Policies	244 Policies

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Anoop C Nair has been Microsoft MVP for 10 consecutive years from 2015 onwards. He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. His primary focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM,  Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc.