Turn on Authenticator Lite

Aleksandar Tomov 30 Reputation points
2023-03-24T07:47:29.3633333+00:00

Hello everyone,

I tried to activate Authenticator Lite for one of our customers, but unfortunately it's not working. I followed the instructions from Microsoft. You can see them here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/how-to-mfa-authenticator-lite

Did you try it already, if you know something, please help!

BR,

Aleksandar

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  1. Marilee Turscak-MSFT 33,706 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2023-03-27T22:34:42.39+00:00

    Hi @Aleksandar Tomov ,

    When you enable Authenticator Lite in Graph Explorer, you need to consent to the Policy.ReadWrite.AuthenticationMethod permission. Otherwise you will not be able to enable it.

    https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/blob/main/articles/active-directory/authentication/how-to-mfa-authenticator-lite.md.

    Please also share which error you receive when you try to enable it.

  2. Stellingsma, Jeroen 5 Reputation points
    2023-04-19T12:40:13.36+00:00

    Today I saw an update of the Outlook for iOS app (4.2313.0) and after installing I could finally turn on and configure the Authenticator Lite.
    I still have one finding. When I test the MFA prompt my "normal" MS Authenticator gets a push notification but the Authenticator Lite does not, even though push notifications are enabled.
    It look like if you have 2 phones, 1 with the lite and 1 with the normal authentiactor you don't get push notifications on the phone with the lite version. Is this by design?
    What I can do on the MFA screen is choose another MFA and then choose the Authenticator Lite, that is working. But not through a push-notification.

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