If you want to turn on phone sign-in for a different work or school account, you must unregister the other account. Currently, an Authenticator App can only be registered to a single work or school account.Availability of the latest version of the Microsoft Authenticator App relies on the update settings of the mobile device used, if not managed by a mobile device management (MDM), or mobile application management (MAM) solution.This may rule out the use of older and/or cheaper Android-based devices. Microsoft Authenticator App sign-in on Android devices requires Android 6.0 or up.

Sign-ins are only available to personal Microsoft accounts (formerly known as Windows Live IDs) and work or school accounts (Azure AD accounts, both cloud and hybrid).

Microsoft Authenticator App sign-in cannot be used to sign into Windows-based devices interactively with domain accounts.

Microsoft Authenticator App sign-in can be used to Azure AD-join a Windows 10-based devices (since Windows 10 v1909).

Microsoft Authenticator App sign-in is the best solution for non-PC users.

Microsoft Authenticator App sign-in is the best solution for mobile users.

When you are already using Azure multi-factor authentication, then it’s easy to upgrade to passwordless you already have the Authenticator app!.

The Microsoft Authenticator App was originally aimed as a multi-factor authentication tool, but has evolved into a security broker on mobile devices to allow (passwordless) authentication to apps communicating with Microsoft services like Outlook, Teams and OneDrive. Below, I’ll also provide a description of each of the methods. Microsoft offers the following built-in passwordless sign-in methods:Įach of these methods have their areas of implementations, their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. However, with its many passwordless methods, Microsoft isn’t making it easy for identity admins to choose and deliver a powerful sign-in method to their organization. The era of passwords is slowly coming to an end and Microsoft offers readily-available solutions for your colleagues to sign-in to their devices and services.

Passwordless is Microsoft’s strategy to improve enterprise security and enable end-user convenience at the same time.

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