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StephanGee
Mar 24, 2023Steel Contributor
Phase out text message / SMS for MFA (no hard break)
Hi everyone, is it possible to phase out SMS in rings? We still have too many users using text message as their first auth method. We are "nudging" and we are sending campaings "how to change", ...
- Mar 24, 2023
you can run through this scenario .
- Split the users into security groups , group phase 1 , group phase 2 , etc
- Create an new authentication strength and select only Password + Microsoft authenticator
- Create a conditional access policy and target the apps you want and the group of phase 1 for example and in the grant option select Require authentication strength that you created
is that way you are asking the users to user Microsoft authenticator push notification or password code to validate their MFA . make sure to exclude from any other policy for MFA
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eliekarkafy
Mar 24, 2023MVP
which MFA currently you are using the MFA through conditional access policy or the per user MFA ?
StephanGee
Mar 24, 2023Steel Contributor
We are using conditional access
- eliekarkafyMar 24, 2023MVP
you can run through this scenario .
- Split the users into security groups , group phase 1 , group phase 2 , etc
- Create an new authentication strength and select only Password + Microsoft authenticator
- Create a conditional access policy and target the apps you want and the group of phase 1 for example and in the grant option select Require authentication strength that you created
is that way you are asking the users to user Microsoft authenticator push notification or password code to validate their MFA . make sure to exclude from any other policy for MFA
Please click Mark as Best Response & Like if my post helped you to solve your issue. This will help others to find the correct solution easily.
- StephanGeeMar 24, 2023Steel ContributorThank you. I have read about the new feature on Twitter but had no time to look into it. Exactly what we are looking for! Thanks for pointing that out.
- eliekarkafyMar 24, 2023MVPI am glad that this will help you with your MFA migration. keep me posted for any further assistance.