Given the sophisticated nature of recent cyberattacks engineered by hackers, there is a pressing need to go beyond passwords to protect user accounts. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) can prove useful or even essential to achieve this. Microsoft 365, previously Office 365, is a business software suite widely used across the globe. Let's see how to enable MFA in Microsoft 365 and then look at a better solution.
Setting up MFA for Microsoft 365
MFA for Microsoft 365 user accounts can be configured through the Azure AD admin center. Here are the steps involved:
Go to the Azure AD Admin Center.
Navigate to Users > All Users.
Select the More option and click Multi-Factor Authentication.
Here you can enable MFA for multiple users using a bulk update. You can also check the boxes next to the required user accounts and enable MFA for them.
The three available verification methods are:
Email my alternate mail: A verification code is sent to the user's alternate email address.
Text my mobile phone: A verification code is sent to the user's registered phone number as a text message.
Call my mobile phone: A verification code is given to the user through a phone call to the registered mobile number.
Note: The admin can register users' alternate email IDs and phone numbers to enable Microsoft 365 MFA for them. They can also let users enter this information themselves.
How Microsoft 365 MFA works on the user's end
When users log in after the admin has enabled MFA for them, they will be asked to set up verification details required to complete the MFA configuration. They can choose to get the verification code through a text message, call, or push notification to the Microsoft app.
Secure Microsoft 365 logons with ADSelfService Plus MFA
ADSelfService Plus is an integrated self-service password management and single sign-on solution. ADSelfService Plus offers over 17 advanced authentication techniques including biometrics, YubiKey, Google Authenticator, and more. Microsoft 365 accounts can be protected by these methods once single sign-on is enabled from ADSelfService Plus for Microsoft 365.
Why choose ADSelfService Plus MFA
Flexible authenticators: Select from over 17 different authentication methods including biometrics, RADIUS server authentication, and simple push notifications.
Customizable MFA: Choose the number of authenticators and their priority according to your requirements.
Risk-based MFA: Implement different sets of authenticators according to the user's privileges, location, device, and more.
MFA for multiple platforms: Enable MFA for machine logons, VPN logons, password resets, account unlocks, application logons, and portal access all from a single console.
Enhance MFA for Microsoft 365 with ADSelfService Plus
Free Active Directory users from attending lengthy help desk calls by allowing them to self-service their password resets/ account unlock tasks.Hassle-free password change for Active Directory users with ADSelfService Plus ‘Change Password’ console.
Get seamless one-click access to 100+ cloud applications. With enterprise single sign-on, users can access all their cloud applications with their Active Directory credentials. Thanks to ADSelfService Plus!
Synchronize Windows Active Directory user password/account changes across multiple systems, automatically, includingOffice 365, Google Workspace, IBM iSeries and more.
Ensure strong user passwords that resist various hacking threats with ADSelfService Plus by enforcing Active Directory users to adhere to compliant passwords via displaying password complexity requirements.
Portal that lets Active Directory users update their latest information and a quick search facility to scout for information about peers by using search keys, like contact number, of the personality being searched.
Log in to your Office 365 Control Panel. From the left menu, select Office 365 Admin Center. From the top menu, select Multi-factor authentication. Select the check box next to the user you need to enable multi-factor authentication for.
Log in to your Office 365 Control Panel. From the left menu, select Office 365 Admin Center. From the top menu, select Multi-factor authentication. Select the check box next to the user you need to enable multi-factor authentication for.
Once your admin enables your organization, and your account, for multi-factor authentication (MFA) you have to set up your user account to use it. This should only take a minute or so.
Go to Options > Account details (top of the list). You may be asked to sign in. After the account.live.com page has opened, select Security & Privacy, go to More Security Settings, scroll down and select Set up two-step verification.
Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least an Authentication Administrator.Browse to Identity > Users > All users.Select a user account, and click Enable MFA. Enabled users are automatically switched to Enforced when they register for Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication.
Manage Basic authentication in the Microsoft 365 admin center. In the Microsoft 365 admin center at https://admin.microsoft.com, go Settings > Org Settings > Modern Authentication. In the Modern authentication flyout that appears, you can identify the protocols that no longer require Basic authentication.
Navigate to Microsoft Entra admin center.Click 'All users' under the Identity tab.Click 'Per-user MFA', you can view all users with their multi-factor auth status.
Steps to enable MFA for Windows, macOS, and Linux machines. Go to Configuration > Self-Service > Multi-factor Authentication > MFA for Endpoints. Select a policy from the Choose the Policy drop-down. This will determine which authentication methods are enabled for which sets of users.
You can nudge users to set up Microsoft Authenticator during sign-in. Users go through their regular sign-in, perform multifactor authentication as usual, and then get prompted to set up Microsoft Authenticator. You can include or exclude users or groups to control who gets nudged to set up the app.
Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least an Authentication Administrator.Browse to Identity > Users > All users.Select a user account, and click Enable MFA. Enabled users are automatically switched to Enforced when they register for Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication.
On the drop-down button for More, select Multi-factor Authentication Setup.
Once you're on the page, select the user that you want to enable the App Password and click the Enable button on the right side. This will prompt you to enable it.
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