Conditional access and blocking downloads

This week is all about using conditional access for blocking downloads. I already did something similar before by using app enforced restrictions for Exchange Online and SharePoint Online. This time I’m going to take it one step further by looking at recently adjusted functionality for Conditional Access App Control. Conditional Access App Control enables administrators to control user sessions by redirecting the user through a reverse proxy instead of directly to the app. From then on, user requests and responses go through Cloud App Security rather than directly to the app. This creates an additional layer that can be used to filter actions. In this blog post I’ll start with a short introduction about Conditional Access App Control, followed by the configuration steps and the …

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