How do i turn off MFA for my test Microsoft accounts

Question

I am seeking expert advice on managing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for my organization's users. Specifically, I would like to understand the best practices and available options for configuring MFA to balance security and user convenience.

Currently, our users are experiencing additional verification steps during sign-in, which is impacting our UI functional tests. We aim to streamline this process while maintaining necessary security measures.

Could you please provide guidance on:

1. Configuring MFA settings to reduce the frequency of prompts. (Who has these privilages)
2. Best practices for managing MFA in a testing environment.
3. Any available documentation or resources that could assist us in optimizing our MFA setup.

Thank you for your assistance.

Answer 1

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1. The IP range can be defined as Trusted IPs to configure MFA. The MFA is not required when the login is from a trusted location. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/authentication/howto-mfa-mfasettings#trusted-ips
   1. Global Admin or Conditional Access Administrator can modify the privileges
      1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/conditional-access/concept-assignment-network#location-condition-in-policy
2. Best Practice
   1. Maintain Security Compliance: Ensure that test environments are isolated from production and test data is protected. Do not store sensitive authentication information (e.g., OTPs or API tokens) in test logs.
   2. Bypass MFA and test Full MFA occasionally: While bypassing MFA in test automation is convenient, it’s important to periodically test the full MFA flow manually
3. To configure MFA effectively,
   1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/authentication/howto-mfa-mfasettings - Account Lockout, Fraud Alert, Report suspicious activity, Enable and Disable verification methods, etc.,

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