Category: passwordless
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Who Is Still Using Text Messaging For Multi-Factor Authentication
Hopefully not you, but that is not the point of this blog post. The point of this one is to query the sign-in logs in Microsoft Entra ID and report on other users in your tenant, and guest users from outside your tenant, who are still using SMS (text messages). Note that the user might…
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Migrating MFA Settings To Authentication Methods
Released to Azure AD in December 2022 there is now a process for migrating from the legacy MFA methods and Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) authentication methods to the unified Authentication Methods policies in Azure AD. This migration window is open until September 2025 (originally January 2024) when the legacy methods will be disabled. This change…
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Conditional Access Authentication Strengths
Newly released to Conditional Access in Azure AD is the “Authentication Strengths” settings. These allow you to control the strength of the authentication you need to be used for that conditional access rule. Before this feature was available you had the option of allowing access with no second factor, MFA as a second factor (any…