As of October 15, 2024, all Microsoft cloud administrators for Microsoft 365, Azure, Intune & Entra ID are required to use Multifactor Authentication to signing into their respective admin portals. Usually this is accomplished by using Entra ID Multifactor Authentication. Enabling users for MFA through the standard Entra ID login is easy & well documented.
I encountered a customer that asked if they could use a 3rd party MFA solution because they weren’t licensed for Entra ID Multifactor Authentication P1 or P2. In this scenario, we have a solution in Preview that, if the 3rd party MFA is configured properly, will pass the multipleauthn claim to Entra ID to satisfy the Admin MFA requirement mandate.
Information about this is available here:
- Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication external method provider reference (Preview)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/authentication/concept-authentication-external-method-provider
For details on around the multifactor authentication mandate for Microsoft cloud administrators, visit:
- INFO: Enable multifactor authentication for your Microsoft admins before October 15, 2024
https://kurtsh.com/2024/08/16/info-enable-multifactor-authentication-for-your-microsoft-365-tenant-before-october-15-2024/
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