The activity rule monitors sign-in activity for enterprise applications and triggers non-compliance when applications haven't been used recently. This powerful rule helps identify unused integrations, optimize licenses, and reduce security risks.
Applications don't just get created—they also get forgotten. SaaS integrations from completed projects, service principals from old automation scripts, and third-party apps nobody uses anymore sit idle in your tenant, consuming licenses, creating security risks, and cluttering your application portfolio.
As application portfolios grow, manual governance becomes impossible. Without enforced standards, applications lose their owners, integrations sit unused consuming licenses, and your Entra ID tenant fills with unaccountable, potentially risky applications that nobody maintains.