

It is configured through a single on/off setting that is buried in the Azure AD properties blade under a small link at the bottom of the page called ‘Manage Security defaults’. Like Baseline Polices, Security Defaults is freely available to all Azure AD tenants including those on the Azure AD free tier. The recommendation from Microsoft is to either replace them with Security Defaults or re-create them with standard Conditional Access polices if Azure AD premium licensing is available. The Baseline Policies will be automatically removed from all tenants at the end of February 2020. Now they have been depreciated and replaced with a new system called Security Defaults. However, the Baseline Policies never made it to general availability (GA) and have remained in preview. These Baseline Conditional Access policies, when enabled, apply to all users – even if they don’t have the Azure AD premium licensing usually required for Conditional Access. Require MFA for access to Azure management (portal, PowerShell, CLI).Require MFA for risky sign-ins for all users.Require MFA for all users assigned to an admin role.They provide an easy way for customers to configure the recommended basic security options: Baseline Policies in Azure AD Conditional Access were introduced in preview last year.
