Microsoft Entra ID Governance
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What is Microsoft Entra ID Governance
Microsoft Entra ID Governance is an identity governance and administration (IGA) capability within Microsoft Entra ID that helps organizations manage identity lifecycle processes such as access requests, approvals, reviews, and entitlement management. It is used by IT, security, and compliance teams to control and audit access to applications, groups, and resources across Microsoft cloud services and integrated third-party apps. The product emphasizes policy-based access governance, periodic access reviews, and workflow-driven entitlement assignment using the Entra ecosystem. It is typically deployed in environments that already use Microsoft Entra ID for workforce identity and access management.
Native Entra and M365 integration
The product integrates tightly with Microsoft Entra ID objects (users, groups, roles) and Microsoft 365/Azure resources, reducing the need for separate connectors and duplicate identity stores. Access governance actions (requests, approvals, reviews) can be applied directly to common Microsoft workloads. This native alignment can simplify administration for organizations standardized on Microsoft identity services compared with tools that require more external integration work.
Strong access review capabilities
It provides structured access reviews to periodically validate user access to groups, applications, and privileged roles, supporting audit and compliance processes. Reviews can be scheduled, assigned to reviewers, and tracked for completion with recorded outcomes. This helps organizations operationalize least-privilege practices in a way that is more integrated than many general-purpose provisioning tools.
Entitlement and request workflows
Entitlement management supports packaging access into catalogs and access packages with approval workflows and time-bound assignments. This enables self-service access requests with governance controls such as justification, approvers, and expiration. For organizations managing frequent joiner/mover/leaver changes, these workflow features can reduce manual ticket handling compared with lighter-weight identity management offerings.
Microsoft-centric governance model
The deepest governance coverage is for Microsoft Entra ID, Azure, and Microsoft 365 resources, with non-Microsoft systems depending on available integrations and configuration effort. Organizations with many legacy on-prem applications may need additional integration work or complementary tooling. This can make the product less straightforward for heterogeneous environments than platforms built primarily around broad, vendor-neutral connector libraries.
Licensing and feature complexity
Capabilities are tied to Microsoft Entra licensing tiers and can be difficult to map to requirements without careful review of entitlements and prerequisites. Cost and scope can change depending on which governance features are enabled and how many identities are in scope. This complexity can slow procurement and rollout compared with simpler identity governance packages.
Setup requires IAM expertise
Implementing access packages, review schedules, and governance policies requires solid identity architecture and operational design (e.g., group strategy, role design, approval routing). Misconfiguration can lead to over-entitlement or excessive approval friction. Teams without dedicated IAM resources may face a longer time-to-value than with more prescriptive, out-of-the-box governance tools.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Entra ID Governance (standalone) | $7.00 per user/month (annual) | Advanced identity governance (entitlement management, lifecycle workflows, access reviews, PIM); available as a standalone Entra ID Governance SKU; requires an active Entra ID P1 or P2 prerequisite. |
| Microsoft Entra Suite | $12.00 per user/month (annual) | Bundled suite that includes Microsoft Entra ID Governance plus Entra Private Access, Entra Internet Access, Entra ID Protection, and Entra Verified ID; requires Entra ID P1 (special pricing for Entra ID P2 / M365 E5 customers). |
| Microsoft Entra ID P1 | $6.00 per user/month (annual) | Entra ID P1 (prerequisite for some governance scenarios); baseline identity features. |
| Microsoft Entra ID P2 | $9.00 per user/month (annual) | Entra ID P2 (includes Identity Protection, PIM, access reviews previously in P2); used as a prerequisite for some step-up SKUs. |
Usage-based (guest identities / External ID): Pricing model: Monthly Active Users (MAU) for guest governance (usage-based). Free tier/trial: External ID core has first 50,000 MAU free, but governance guest billing has no free tier (guests are billed when governed). See billable actions for details. Example costs: Microsoft Entra ID Governance for External Identities (business guests) — $0.75 per monthly governed identity (per Microsoft announcements for the External ID governance add-on).
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