Multi Factor Authentication

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 suspicious activities reporting (preview)

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

If you have been using the on-premises Azure MFA server (which by the way is going to be fully deprecated – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-multifactor-authentication-server-will-be-deprecated-30-september-2024/) you already know that end-users were able to report suspicious activities. Well, this was a missing feature on Azure AD MFA which is now becoming available. First you need to enable it (this

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Azure AD – Authenticator number matching will be enabled for all users

Leave a Comment / Azure Active Directory, Security / Benoit HAMET / November 21, 2022 / AAD, Azure Active Directory, Azure AD, Entra, MFA, Microsoft Entra, Multi Factor Authentication

As you know, Azure AD allows you to request multi-factor authentication (MFA) using the Azure AD MFA and Microsoft Authenticator application. Since its introduction Azure AD MFA has been continuously improved. Latest improvement was to request a number matching during the MFA process to avoid accidental approval and fight against MFA fatigue

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Azure AD – You can now define the multifactor authentication strength (preview)

Leave a Comment / Azure Active Directory, Beta / Preview, Microsoft Entra, Security / Benoit HAMET / October 6, 2022 / AAD, AAD Conditional Access, Azure Active Directory, Azure Active Directory Conditional Access, Azure AD, Azure AD Conditional Access, Conditional Access, Entra, MFA, Microsoft Entra, Multi Factor Authentication

Azure AD comes with a lot of security features – some recent such as Passwordless authentication, some less recent such as conditional access – helping protecting your identities and workloads access. Well, in the never ending journey to keep secure identities and data, the Conditional Access feature has been updated to allow administrators to request

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Azure AD – New security features are now available for Azure MFA

Leave a Comment / Azure Active Directory, Security / Benoit HAMET / November 19, 2021 / AAD, Azure Active Directory, Azure AD, MFA, Microsoft Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator App, Microsoft Authenticator Application, Multi Factor Authentication

As you know, you can secure access to your resources using Azure AD MFA and the Microsoft Authenticator application. Over the time, Azure AD MFA has been evolving to provide more features such as different authentication methods (like FIDO keys) or helping to start the password-less journey. Well, there have been several new features being

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Azure AD – New administration roles for managing domain name and authentication methods

Leave a Comment / Azure Active Directory / Benoit HAMET / February 15, 2021 / AAD, Admin Role, Administration Role, Azure Active Directory, Azure AD, MFA, Multi Factor Authentication

Good news, you don’t need to be a global administrator to manage Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) or authentication methods. A new role called Authentication Policy Admin allows you to delegate authentication methods management, covering MFA or password protection policies. NOTE the legacy MFA setting is not available for the authentication policy admin role Below is

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Security – The Authenticator Application now provides a full screen experience and allow to manage the ‘display code’ for all account at once

Leave a Comment / Azure Active Directory, Office 365, Security / Benoit HAMET / May 29, 2020 / Authenticator App, Authenticator Application, MFA, Multi Factor Authentication

By now you should already know the Microsoft Authenticator application used for multi-factor authentication (MFA) when accessing Microsoft services (Microsoft Accounts, Office 365, Azure….) but also other services like Facebook, Google or LinkedIn. Well, the Authenticator application has been updated to provide 2 new nice features: Display/Hide codes for accounts using code only for MFA

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Azure – Azure MFA will now be enabled by default and free

3 Comments / Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Security / Benoit HAMET / November 5, 2019 / AAD, Azure Active Directory, Azure AD, Azure MFA, Azure Multi Factor Authentication, MFA, Multi Factor Authentication, O365, Office 365

As just announced at the Microsoft Ignite 2019 Conference, Azure Multi Factor Authentication (Azure MFA) will now be enabled by default for all new Azure AD (and Office 365 or Dynamics as they rely on Azure AD) tenant and will be also free for existing customers with the Microsoft Authenticator app (available on Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.azure.authenticator

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Security – You can now backup your Microsoft Authenticator application

Leave a Comment / Security / Benoit HAMET / September 6, 2019 / Authenticator App, MFA, Microsoft Authenticator, Multi Factor Authentication

It has been a long awaited feature for the Microsoft Authenticator application: being able to backup your multi factor accounts and recover them. Well, the wait is now over as you can now backup your MFA accounts and off course recover them when reusing the same account. It works for both personal and work profiles

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Azure AD – You can now secure SSPR and MFA registration using conditional access

Leave a Comment / Azure Active Directory, Security / Benoit HAMET / May 17, 2019 / AAD, Azure Active Directory, Azure AD, Conditional Access, MFA, Multi Factor Authentication, Self Service Password Reset, SSPR

You may already know this is a best practice to get your users registered for Azure Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) and Self Service Password Reset (SSPR). That said, the registration requires your end-user to provide sensitive information (phone number, external email address…) to help the system to properly identify them during the registration process –

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