Countries or IP address ranges you define in Microsoft Entra ID so that Conditional Access policies can use them as conditions.
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Terms in this definition
- DEFINE
An optional keyword at the start of a DAX query, placed before the first EVALUATE, for declaring things such as measures and variables that exist only for that query. A measure declared this way replaces a model measure with the same name just while the query runs.
- Microsoft Entra ID
Cloud identity service from Microsoft, previously named Azure AD, which provides the tenant behind Microsoft 365 and Azure.
- Conditional Access
Policy engine in Microsoft Entra ID P1 that, depending on signals such as risk or named locations, allows access subject to controls like MFA or a compliant device, or blocks it.
Related terms
- Conditional Access Administrator
Holders of this Entra administrator role build and maintain named locations and the tenant's Conditional Access policies.
- MFA Trusted IPs
An older setting in the MFA service settings listing public IPv4 ranges, or federated users on the intranet, that are not prompted for MFA; it requires P1. Conditional Access treats it as a trusted location, but Microsoft recommends named locations instead.