Comparison
Policytab and the Microsoft Entra admin center
Microsoft gives you Conditional Access controls. Policytab adds fleet drift visibility, sign-in impact modeling, and a change workflow with preview and rollback - without replacing Entra for identity administration.
| Task | Entra admin center | Policytab |
|---|---|---|
| See Conditional Access drift across tenants | Manual policy review per tenant in the Entra admin center | Workspace dashboard with per-tenant comparison baselines and resync alerts |
| Predict impact before enforcing a policy | Report-only mode, then hope - or export sign-ins yourself | Impact analysis over recent Microsoft Graph sign-in logs before apply |
| Safe, auditable CA changes | Direct portal edits with no preview or rollback trail | Preview, optional approval, pre/post snapshots, snapshot-backed rollback |
| Track exclusions and MFA posture | Spreadsheets, group membership checks, stale admin hunts | Time-bound exclusions with scheduled expiry; MFA staleness on the dashboard |
| Fleet health for MSPs | Switch tenants in the portal; no cross-customer rollup | Per-tenant health buckets, open alerts, and drift counts in one workspace view |
| Break-glass and emergency access | Sign-in logs only; no scheduled break-glass policy checks | Break-glass sign-in monitoring and daily validator for missing exclusions |
See Conditional Access drift across tenants
- Entra admin center
- Manual policy review per tenant in the Entra admin center
- Policytab
- Workspace dashboard with per-tenant comparison baselines and resync alerts
Predict impact before enforcing a policy
- Entra admin center
- Report-only mode, then hope - or export sign-ins yourself
- Policytab
- Impact analysis over recent Microsoft Graph sign-in logs before apply
Safe, auditable CA changes
- Entra admin center
- Direct portal edits with no preview or rollback trail
- Policytab
- Preview, optional approval, pre/post snapshots, snapshot-backed rollback
Track exclusions and MFA posture
- Entra admin center
- Spreadsheets, group membership checks, stale admin hunts
- Policytab
- Time-bound exclusions with scheduled expiry; MFA staleness on the dashboard
Fleet health for MSPs
- Entra admin center
- Switch tenants in the portal; no cross-customer rollup
- Policytab
- Per-tenant health buckets, open alerts, and drift counts in one workspace view
Break-glass and emergency access
- Entra admin center
- Sign-in logs only; no scheduled break-glass policy checks
- Policytab
- Break-glass sign-in monitoring and daily validator for missing exclusions
Policytab is not affiliated with Microsoft. Entra ID, Azure, and Microsoft 365 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Most teams keep the Entra admin center for user lifecycle, licensing, and non-CA settings. Policytab is where operators run CA at scale - especially when managing more than one tenant or when every change needs evidence.