Category: Microsoft Authenticator

Mandatory MFA in Microsoft Entra: What You Need to Know

Harri Jaakkonen
Posted by Harri Jaakkonen Posted on 22/05/2025
Posted in Azure, Entra ID, Identity, Microsoft Authenticator, Security

Microsoft is mandating multifactor authentication (MFA) for key administrative and user-facing experiences across Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) to mitigate identity-based attacks. This change is part of a broader strategy to reduce risks stemming from compromised credentials — still…

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Do’s and don’ts concerning security for Identity part 6

Harri Jaakkonen
Posted by Harri Jaakkonen Posted on 13/11/2022 0 Comments on Do’s and don’ts concerning security for Identity part 6
Posted in Azure, Azure AD, Compliance, Conditional access, Identity, Identity Platform, Microsoft Authenticator, Security

Continuing with the do’s of Identity and supposing that you are in part of your journey that you have either Hybrid or fully cloud-based identities. In the last part I covered how you can create your own roles and use…

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Do’s and don’ts concerning security for Identity part 4

Harri Jaakkonen
Posted by Harri Jaakkonen Posted on 30/10/2022 0 Comments on Do’s and don’ts concerning security for Identity part 4
Posted in Azure, Azure AD, Azure B2B, Conditional access, Entitlement management, IAM, Identity, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Authenticator, Microsoft Graph, Security

Continuing with the do’s of Identity and supposing that you are in part of your journey that you have either Hybrid or fully cloud-based identities. In the last part I covered how you can use Hybrid Identity Administrator role, Automation…

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Additional context in Microsoft Authenticator notifications is now generally available!

Harri Jaakkonen
Posted by Harri Jaakkonen Posted on 23/10/2022 0 Comments on Additional context in Microsoft Authenticator notifications is now generally available!
Posted in Authentication methods, Azure, Azure AD, Identity, Microsoft Authenticator, Security

Why to use? Additional context is now out of preview and you really should enable it as soon as possible, it’s really really important that your users understand where they login from! Multi-factor authentication is excellent security feature, in the…

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