Quick Access has user or group assignments

Overview

When Quick Access lacks user or group assignments, the service prevents connections to fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) and IP addresses that you configure in the application segments. This restriction disrupts access to internal resources like file shares, web applications, and databases. When users can’t reach resources through the Global Secure Access client, they might seek alternative access methods that bypass security controls such as Conditional Access policies and multifactor authentication.

If you don’t assign users to Quick Access:

• Authorized users can’t reach internal resources through Private Access, creating gaps in business continuity.
• Administrators might implement temporary workarounds that weaken the organization’s security posture.

Remediation

• Assign users and groups to Quick Access to enable Private Access connectivity to configured application segments.

Run it

The check runs as part of the whole assessment, with the ZeroTrustAssessment module installed:

Install-Module ZeroTrustAssessment -Scope CurrentUser
Connect-Maester
Invoke-Maester -Pack ZTA -SkipBuiltIn

Leave out -SkipBuiltIn to run Maester’s own checks in the same run.

About this check

Severity	Medium
Effort to fix	Low
Impact on users	Low
Pillar	Network
Category	Global Secure Access
Product	Entra ID
Feature	Global Secure Access
Area	Access control
Licence	Entra_Premium_Private_Access, Entra_Private_Access
Tenant	Workforce, External

Product, feature, area and ATT&CK are Maester’s: the assessment does not record them, so Maester keeps them in the pack’s taxonomy.json.

A Microsoft check, part of the Zero Trust Assessment pack. Text from ZeroTrustAssessment 3.1.0, © Microsoft, MIT licence.