EIDAPP-013: Admin Consent Workflow Configuration
- Platform
- Entra ID / M365
- Category
- Consent
- Severity
- Medium
- Zero Trust pillar
- Applications & Workloads (weight 1)
- Golden fixtures
- 3
- Branch coverage
- Observed: fixtures prove the verdicts they exercise
- Provenance
- baseline
What it checks
The admin consent workflow provides a structured process for users to request administrator approval before applications can access organizational data. Without an admin consent workflow, users whose consent is restricted have no formal mechanism to request application access, leading to shadow IT workarounds or helpdesk bottlenecks. A properly configured workflow ensures legitimate application requests are reviewed and approved by designated administrators.
Recommended value
Admin consent workflow enabled with designated reviewers and defined SLA for review completion
Remediation
Navigate to Entra ID > Enterprise applications > Consent and permissions > Admin consent settings. Enable the admin consent workflow and designate appropriate reviewers from your security or IT administration teams. Configure notification settings to alert reviewers of pending requests and establish a service level agreement for review turnaround to prevent workflow bottlenecks.
Fixture-proven verdicts
Every verdict below is proven by a golden fixture in the module's gating test suite. This table derives from the last green run; it cannot be edited by hand.
| Scenario | Expected verdict |
|---|---|
| clean | PASS |
| known-bad | FAIL |
| throttled | Not Assessed |
Framework mappings
- CISA SCuBA
- MS.AAD.5.3v1
- NIST SP 800-53
- AC-6
- CIS M365 Benchmark
- 5.3.1