check before: 2024-11-15
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Entra, Microsoft 365 admin center, Microsoft 365 suite
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Online, World tenant
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Admin impact, New feature, Updated message, User impact
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Summary:
The Microsoft 365 admin center will soon support Tenant Restriction v2, enhancing security by limiting user access via external accounts. This feature, part of cross-tenant access settings, will be rolled out from mid-November to late December 2024 and will be off by default. No admin action is required before the rollout.
Details:
Updated November 13, 2024: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to the Microsoft 365 admin center: Tenant restrictions v2 enables tenants to enhance security by limiting what users can access when they use an external account to sign in from your networks or devices. The Tenant restrictions v2 settings, included with cross-tenant access settings, are designed to address the security of cross-company exchange.
Authentication plane protection is supported by Microsoft Entra ID. This rollout enables data plane protection for the Microsoft 365 admin center. Learn more: Configure tenant restrictions - Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Entra External ID | Microsoft Learn
[When this will happen:]
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November and expect to complete by late December 2024.
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2024-11-12
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2024-11-14
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User Access Limitations
Users may experience restricted access to external accounts, potentially hindering their ability to collaborate with external partners or access necessary resources.
- roles: End Users, IT Support
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/external-id/tenant-restrictions-v2
Increased Support Queries
The rollout may lead to an increase in support queries from users confused about new access limitations, impacting IT support workload.
- roles: IT Support, Helpdesk Staff
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/external-id/tenant-restrictions-v2
Documentation Updates Required
Existing documentation may become outdated, requiring updates to reflect the new tenant restriction settings, which could lead to misinformation if not addressed promptly.
- roles: IT Administrators, Compliance Officers
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/external-id/tenant-restrictions-v2
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change history
| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2024-11-14 | MC Messages | Coming soon to the Microsoft 365 admin center: Tenant restrictions v2 enables tenants to enhance security by limiting what users can access when they use an external account to sign in from your networks or devices. The Tenant restrictions v2 settings, included with cross-tenant access settings, are designed to address the security of cross-company exchange.
Authentication plane protection is supported by Microsoft Entra ID. This rollout enables data plane protection for the Microsoft 365 admin center. Learn more: Configure tenant restrictions - Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Entra External ID | Microsoft Learn [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November and expect to complete by late December 2024. | Updated November 13, 2024: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to the Microsoft 365 admin center: Tenant restrictions v2 enables tenants to enhance security by limiting what users can access when they use an external account to sign in from your networks or devices. The Tenant restrictions v2 settings, included with cross-tenant access settings, are designed to address the security of cross-company exchange. Authentication plane protection is supported by Microsoft Entra ID. This rollout enables data plane protection for the Microsoft 365 admin center. Learn more: Configure tenant restrictions - Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Entra External ID | Microsoft Learn [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November and expect to complete by late December 2024. |
| 2024-11-14 | MC Title | Microsoft 365 admin center will support Tenant restriction v2 | (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center will support Tenant restriction v2 |
| 2024-11-14 | MC Last Updated | 11/12/2024 00:38:33 | 2024-11-13T18:37:32Z |
| 2024-11-14 | MC MessageTagNames | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact |
| 2024-11-14 | MC prepare | This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your admins about this change and update any relevant documentation.
Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. Learn more: Configure tenant restrictions - Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Entra External ID | Microsoft Learn To take advantage of TRv2 in the Microsoft 365 admin center, create a cross-tenant access setting. Learn more: Configure tenant restrictions - Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Entra External ID | Microsoft Learn https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/external-id/tenant-restrictions-v2 | This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your admins about this change and update any relevant documentation.
Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. To take advantage of TRv2 in the Microsoft 365 admin center, create a cross-tenant access setting. Learn more: Configure tenant restrictions - Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Entra External ID | Microsoft Learn https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/external-id/tenant-restrictions-v2 |
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