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Azure AD – New authentication method – Authenticator Lite (preview)

Leave a Comment / Azure Active Directory, Beta / Preview / Benoit HAMET / March 24, 2023 / AAD, Authentication Methods, Azure Active Directory, Azure AD, Entra, MFA, Multi Factor Authentication

A new authentication method called Authenticator Lite is available in preview. Authenticator Lite allows end-users to perform multifactor authentication without the Microsoft Authenticator app. Some end-users may be reluctant to install corporate applications on their mobile device or in some country/region there is a legal requirement for employers to provide corporate mobile phone if corporate […]

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Azure AD – You can now enable certificate-based authentication against Azure AD (preview)

Leave a Comment / Azure Active Directory, Beta / Preview / Benoit HAMET / February 15, 2022 / AAD, Authentication Methods, Azure Active Directory

As you may already know, you can use certificate-based authentication whit Active Directory Federation Service (ADFS). Well, good news, you can now also enable certificate-based authentication with Azure AD without the need to deploy a federation service infrastructure. You will still need to have properly deployed and configured your Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), which makes

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Azure AD – You can now use Microsoft Authenticator code matching for authentication (preview)

Leave a Comment / Azure Active Directory, Beta / Preview / Benoit HAMET / April 13, 2021 / AAD, Authentication Methods, Authenticator App, Authenticator Application, Azure Active Directory, Azure AD, Microsoft Authenticator App, Password, Password Less

Another step to a passwordless world. As you know, you can signing with no password using a FIDO key or Windows Hello. Well, you can now also use the one time code from your Microsoft Authenticator app. First thing you need to enable this new feature by logging on your Azure AD portal (https://aad.portal.azure.com/) and

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Azure AD – You can now use an Alternate Login ID to sign in (preview)

Leave a Comment / Azure Active Directory, Beta / Preview / Benoit HAMET / June 18, 2020 / AAD, Alternate Login ID, Authentication Methods, Azure Active Directory, Azure AD

For those who have been working with Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), you already know you could configure an Alternate Login ID to sign in with your AD FS environment. An Alternate Login ID allows you to use your email address instead of your UPN (User Principal Name) to sign in. As a best

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Azure AD – You can now authenticate with text message (preview)

Leave a Comment / Azure Active Directory, Beta / Preview, Security / Benoit HAMET / April 21, 2020 / AAD, Authentication Methods, Azure Active Directory, Azure AD, Password Less, PasswordLess

As you know, Microsoft has embarked to a password-less journey by providing more secure authentication process with Windows Hello or FIDO2 security key. Well, the journey is continuing with a new way to authenticate with text messages. NOTE first, an important disclaimer as this is an early preview, there are some limitations: SMS-based authentication isn’t

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