| title | Change lifecycle settings for an access package in entitlement management |
|---|---|
| description | Learn how to change requestor information & lifecycle settings for an access package in entitlement management. |
| ms.subservice | entitlement-management |
| ms.topic | how-to |
| ms.date | 06/26/2025 |
As an access package manager, you can change the lifecycle settings for assignments in an access package at any time by editing an existing policy. If you change the expiration date for assignments on a policy, the expiration date for requests that are already in a pending approval or approved state won't change.
This article describes how to change the lifecycle settings for an existing access package assignment policy.
To ensure identities have the right access to an access package, custom questions can be configured to ask identities requesting access to certain access packages. Configuration options include: localization, required/optional, and text/multiple choice answer formats. Requestors see the questions when they request the package and approvers see the answers to the questions to help them make their decision. Use the following steps to configure questions in an access package:
To change the lifecycle settings for an access package, you need to open the corresponding policy. Follow these steps to open the lifecycle settings for an access package.
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Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least an Identity Governance Administrator.
[!TIP] Other least privilege roles that can complete this task include the Catalog owner and the Access package manager.
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Browse to ID Governance > Entitlement management > Access package.
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On the Access packages page, open the access package that you want to edit.
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Select Policies and then select the policy that has the lifecycle settings you want to edit.
The Policy details pane opens at the bottom of the page.
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Select Edit to edit the policy.
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Select the Lifecycle tab to open the lifecycle settings.
[!INCLUDE Entitlement management lifecycle policy]