Disabling mandatory MS Authenticator app

Anonymous
2023-09-12T11:08:43+00:00

Good afternoon,

We have text and call authentication set up as multi factor authentication for our users.

This has worked very well up until recently, when Microsoft have started to force the option of the authenticator app on users, and made it unskippable despite our setup.

The option to skip is not present on the "improve your sign ins" screen.

Where is the setting to disable the forcing of the authenticator app for the user?

I have seen on other posts there are options to disable this. For example here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1338546/users-are-being-forced-to-use-microsoft-authentica

If, as in the screenshot in the "accepted answer" post we change the registration campaign status to disabled, does this remove the enforced app prompt?

At present it is currently set to "Microsoft managed".

We are fine with the app as an OPTION however it should not be mandatory as it does exclude people who do not have the latest phones, or indeed, any smart phone.

Chris

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-12T10:52:53+00:00

    Where did they get this idea from?! Who is the person responsible should be fired. This is the authoritarian version of forcing things onto people without consideration. I dont generally want certain apps on my phone and be forced to have this for work on my private phone is disgusting.

    This inconsideration needs to be remedied asap. RIDICULOUS!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-27T16:11:27+00:00

    Can you update these instructions for O365 using Entra?

    Thank you

    Barry

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-03T21:07:10+00:00

    Does this take time to take effect? I performed the steps but I am still getting the Authenticator requirement

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-04T13:53:12+00:00

    I was in the same boat. But luckily I purchased my exchange setup through my web provider so they were able to deactivate MS authenticator. It took some time to take effect (maybe 16 hours, though they told me could take up to 24).

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-31T14:12:32+00:00

    Here's a direct link to disable the Microsoft managed registration campaign, no need to disable it

    https://portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft\_AAD\_IAM/AuthenticationMethodsMenuBlade/~/RegistrationCampaign

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