MS Authenticator on iPhone transfer accounts from Personal to Company owned

Question

I have a Personal owned iPhone with MS Authenticator installed on it and (business) accounts configured for MFA in it. This device has an appleID (Gmail). I now also have an company owned iPhone wich does not and can not have an appleID. Due to the fact this is a restriction in iOS policy in Intune. But also has MS Authenticator installed. How do I transfer my MSA accounts from Personal to Business iPhone knowing I can not use iCloud backup (because the company phone has no AppleID)?

Greetings

Ton Kuiper

Answer 1

Hi Ton,

Thanks for posting your question!

MS Authenticator accounts can be backed up via iCloud on iOS devices and through the Cloud Backup option on Android devices. If your corporate device doesn’t have iCloud enabled, you won’t be able to transfer the accounts from your personal to your corporate device.

As a workaround, you can add your account on the corporate device through aka.ms/mysecurityinfo and then remove the account from your personal device. For additional details, please refer to https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/back-up-account-credentials-in-microsoft-authenticator-bb939936-7a8d-4e88-bc43-49bc1a700a40 and https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/restore-account-credentials-from-microsoft-authenticator-ce53096e-1e1c-4840-9e32-1618bc33cd43

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