MC540749 — Plan for Change: "Require approved client app" control in Azure AD Conditional Access will be retired in March 2026

In March 2026, Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and Microsoft Intune will retire the Conditional Access “Require approved client app” grant control. Instead we recommend utilizing the "Require application protection policy" grant control, which provides the same data loss and protection with additional benefits. How this will affect your organization: If you have a Conditional Access policy with "Require approved client app" grant control configured, after this change, you will no longer be abl...