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What applies to every organisation without settings of its own. B2B collaboration is guest accounts; B2B direct connect is Teams shared channels without a guest account. Trusting another organisation's MFA or devices lets its people pass your Conditional Access with checks made at home.
| Setting | Their people here (inbound) | Your people there (outbound) |
|---|---|---|
| B2B collaboration | Allowed for all users, all apps | Allowed for all users, all apps |
| B2B direct connect | Blocked | Blocked |
| Trust their MFA medium | Yes | |
| Trust their compliant devices | No | |
| Trust their hybrid joined devices | No |
Organisations given settings of their own, which replace the default for them. "Default" means that setting follows the default above. Microsoft gives each organisation's tenant ID, not its name: the Entra admin centre names them under External Identities > Cross-tenant access settings.
| Tenant ID | Relationship | B2B collaboration in | B2B collaboration out | Direct connect in | Direct connect out | Trusts their MFA | Trusts their devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111 | Service provider | Default | Default | Default | Default | Yes | Compliant |
| 22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222 | Default | Blocked | Allowed for 2 users or groups, Office 365 | Default | Default | Default |
Networks and countries Conditional Access policies can include or leave out. A trusted location counts as one of "all trusted locations", which policies often leave out of MFA, so a wide range marked trusted (wider than /16 for IPv4 or /32 for IPv6) or left out of a policy is flagged.
| Location | Kind | Trusted | Ranges or countries | Used by | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | IP ranges | Yes | 203.0.113.0/24 | Not used | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Old VPN medium | IP ranges | Yes | 51.0.0.0/8, 2001:db8::/32 | Not used | 1 Jun 2021 |
| Test lab | IP ranges | No | 10.0.0.0/8 | Not used | 1 Jan 2024 |
| United Kingdom | Countries | No | GB | Not used | 1 Mar 2025 |
From the tenant's cross-tenant access settings and Conditional Access named locations. Trusting another organisation's MFA is safest for named partners only, not as the default.
Data from Sharing and consent settings (), Conditional Access ().