What count as a Managed Device inside SharePoint admin center "Access control"

Question

Inside SharePoint admin center >> we can define Unmanaged Device access control, as follow:-

so my first question, what count as a managed device? are those only Azure VMs? or if i have a windows or unix laptop and i login to it using my Office 365 account, then this is also considered as managed device?

second question, when i click on this link, i got this message since the account does not have the needed license :-

so is there a way to apply those settings directly inside AD without having to worry about the additional license?

Answer 1

Hi @john john Pter,

Managed devices are typically company-owned devices that are usually set up and configured by your company's IT or security team.

Unmanaged devices, also referred to as bring-your-own devices, or BYOD, tend to be personally owned devices that employees set up and use. Unmanaged devices can be onboarded and protected just like managed devices. Or, if you prefer, users can take steps to protect their BYOD devices themselves.

If you are using your own device and log in an Office 365 account,, it should be count as Unmanaged devices.

Blocking or limiting access on unmanaged devices relies on Microsoft Entra Conditional Access policies. So we are unable to apply those settings without license. Learn about Microsoft Entra ID licensing For an overview of conditional access in Microsoft Entra ID, see Conditional access in Microsoft Entra ID.

Here is the document for reference

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/control-access-from-unmanaged-devices

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