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'Device States' in Conditional Access for both Corporate and Personal Intune managed devices - A retrospect

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Source:Microsoft With the help of Microsoft Intune, organizations can use the device states returned from the enrolled devices to Entra ID to identify whether these devices meet specific policy compliance requirements and accordingly enforce controls to grant or block access to corporate resources. With device states, once the user has successfully authenticated, a Primary Refresh Token (PRT) containing both user and device claims is issued. With conditional access policies requiring either a device-based control or a multifactor authentication control in place, the policy requirement can be met through its device state using PRT without attempting MFA. This is because when a PRT requests access to an application, its device, session, and MFA claims are trusted by Microsoft Entra ID. The PRT is valid for 14 days and is continuously renewed as long as the user actively uses the device, providing users a resilient experience. With the currently available device states, Microsoft recommen...