If Modern Authentication is forced, are app passwords still working?

Gunter Reinitzer 21

Microsoft announced that with Modern Authentication starting from October 1st 2022 basic authentication will be disabled.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients-and-mobile-in-exchange-online/deprecation-of-basic-authentication-exchange-online

But when reading articles about app passwords, it seems to me that they are still supported.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/howto-mfa-app-passwords
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/using-app-passwords-with-apps-that-don-t-support-two-step-verification-5896ed9b-4263-e681-128a-a6f2979a7944
I also could not find any document saying that app passwords are deprecated with October 1st.

But because app passwords use basic authentication I am not sure whether they will still work or not.

Gunter

Aholic Liang-MSFT 13,881 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-09-13T08:02:51.523+00:00

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Vasil Michev 117.9K Reputation points MVP Moderator

2022-09-06T14:43:04.253+00:00

Once Basic auth is deprecated, app passwords will no longer work, as detailed here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients-and-mobile-in-exchange-online/deprecation-of-basic-authentication-exchange-online

The deprecation of basic authentication will also prevent the use of app passwords with apps that don't support two-step verification.
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JamesTran-MSFT 36,871 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-09-08T20:17:15.107+00:00

@Gunter Reinitzer
I just wanted to check in and see if you had any other questions or if you were able to resolve this issue?

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KonstantinoS m 0 Reputation points

2023-12-08T15:43:39.6033333+00:00

Basic auth is deprecated, but App Passwords still work.

I just created an App Password and used in in 3d party email client.
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