Stuck in an infinite loop of needing to already be signed in to the Authenticator app to approve a sign in FOR the authenticator app.

Anonymous
2023-05-26T16:02:55+00:00

I can't sign in because my account says it need me to approve the sign on in the Authenticator app. HOWEVER, the sign on for the Authenticator app is ALSO saying I need to approve the sign on in the app. So I can't sign in to approve it without already being signed in. SO I am stuck in an infinite loop of it asking me to approve a sign in on my account in an app that I can't sign into without already being signed in!

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-08-05T20:08:41+00:00

    Thanks for responding. Were you signed in on the second phone? Just asking before trying it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-08-05T14:10:48+00:00

    I had the same problem and none of these solutions worked for me. What did work was using my second phone. I opened the Microsoft authenticator on the first phone and when it asked me for my code, I accessed the Microsoft authenticator on the second phone and got the code. I then input the code on the first phone and everything was sorted!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-21T11:36:24+00:00

    I was stuck in this loop after upgrading my Iphone for three days. Super frustrating. I finally logged into Office 365, and went into Outlook. Click on your initials in the upper right and go to 'view account' and then 'security info', then 'update info'. I added sign-in methods for both email and phone. Then after this, my phone allowed me to receive a text code (or email) to validate, versus just the authenticator app that I couldn't get in because it was in this validation loop. Hope this helps!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-24T23:23:27+00:00

    OMG this system is so terrible. Do you people care about users at all? So frustating

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-08T15:12:10+00:00

    HI,

    What admin center can it be re configured in

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