![]() I strongly recommend that you use MFA on all of your online accounts that support this method of authentication-most now do-because it’s much more secure than just using a password. The second factor is usually a code generated by a smart phone app, or sent via text message to your smart phone. For those consumer-oriented online accounts, the first factor is always your password. Whatever the name, the idea here is as simple as it is effective: MFA improves the security of your online accounts by adding a second “factor” to the authentication process used to prove that you are you. ![]() ![]() Like other similar solutions-I’ve been using LastPass Authenticator recently, and Google has been working to simplify this process as well-the new Microsoft Authenticator app will let you use multi-factor authentication(MFA), or what’s sometimes called two-factor authenticationor two-step authentication in the consumer world, with your online accounts. But it appears that this new “one app” approach won’t work with non-Microsoft accounts (Google, Dropbox, etc.) unless I’m missing something. This new app will combine the functionality from two previous authenticator apps and will work with both consumer Microsoft accounts and business-focused Azure AD accounts.Ĭonfused? Well, that’s why Microsoft is consolidating its previously-separate authenticator apps into a single app experience on each mobile platform. Microsoft announced that it will ship new versions of its Microsoft Authenticator app to “all mobile app stores-meaning for Android, iPhone, and Windows 10 Mobile-on August 15. UPDATE: I received some good news from Microsoft.
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