Azure MFA requirements and Microsoft Account (live.com account)

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Azure MFA requirements and Microsoft Account (live.com account)

Erik K 20

Hi,

I have a personal Azure account where until now have been logging in with my regular Microsoft Account (the same one used for Office, Live.com, Outlook etc).

With the new requirements for MFA, I'm unable to figure out if the MFA I've enabled on my Microsoft account will be accepted as MFA for the Azure Portal etc.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks

Erik

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Akhilesh Vallamkonda 15,355 Moderator

Hi @Erik K

Thank you for reaching us!

To answer your question, if you have enabled MFA on your Microsoft account, it should work for the Azure portal as well. When you sign in to the Azure portal you will be prompted to enter your Microsoft account credentials, including your MFA verification method. This is Because your Microsoft account settings apply across all Microsoft services. When you enable MFA on your Microsoft account, it enhances security for all associated services, including Outlook, Azure, and etc.
This will ensure that your account is protected from unauthorized access, regardless of which Microsoft service you’re accessing.

Hope this helps. Do let us know if you any further queries by responding in the comments section.

Thanks,

Akhilesh.

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Erik K 20 Reputation points

2024-08-22T21:02:33.7966667+00:00

Thanks Akilesh! I certainly hope you are correct, however, since the result might be that I loose access to my Azure Portal, I would like to somehow be 100% certain.

Is there any easy way to verify that the sign-in token is marked as "with MFA" or what the correct term is?

Thanks!
Akhilesh Vallamkonda 15,355 Reputation points Moderator

2024-08-23T14:30:31.19+00:00

Hello @Erik K

I understand your concern about ensuring your MFA setup is correctly recognized by Azure. To verify this, you check the Sign-In Logs in user profile which as show in the below picture

Also, you can Test Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication.

If this answers your query, do click Accept Answer and Yes for was this answer helpful. And, if you have any further query do let us know.
Erik K 20 Reputation points

2024-08-24T14:45:29.8133333+00:00

Thank you! Although the "Authentication tab" was empty in my case, I found this under Basic info, and therefore conclude that everything is in order.

Thanks for guiding me!

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