Template family: Conditional Access
Applies to: Microsoft Entra ID
Where to find it: Secure → Conditional Access → Templates → Augmentt Default
What this template is for
PR.AA-03 — Identity proofing and binding to credentials. Requires multi-factor authentication for all privileged admin roles (Global Admin, Security Admin, Exchange Admin, etc.) before accessing any cloud application. Administrative accounts are the highest-value targets in any M365 tenant; compromising a single Global Admin can give an attacker full control of mail, data, and identity. MFA ensures that a stolen password alone is not enough to gain privileged access.
What it actually does
Who it covers. Users holding any of 14 administrative roles, when they sign in to all cloud apps.
Who is excluded. Service-provider (GDAP) guest accounts are excluded automatically, so your own technicians keep access if the policy misfires.
What it enforces. Entra ID will require multifactor authentication.
Deployment state. Report-only.
Augmentt deploys this template in report-only mode. Entra ID evaluates every sign-in and records what would have happened in the sign-in logs, but nothing is blocked or challenged until you switch the policy to On. Review the report-only results before enforcing.
<details> <summary><strong>The 14 administrative roles in scope</strong></summary>
Global Administrator
Exchange Administrator
Conditional Access Administrator
Cloud Application Administrator
Authentication Administrator
Billing Administrator
Helpdesk Administrator
Password Administrator
Privileged Authentication Administrator
Privileged Role Administrator
Security Administrator
SharePoint Administrator
User Administrator
Global Reader
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Compliance mapping
NIST CSF 2.0 — PR.AA-03
This is an Augmentt Default template, shipped with the product and shared across all customers. Deploying it creates a new policy in the customer tenant; edit the deployed policy rather than the template.