Starting in July, Microsoft will begin gradually enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users signing into Azure to administer resources. After first completing the rollout for the Azure ...

Just over a week after a global problem with its multi-factor authentication (MFA) service plagued a number of users, another Microsoft MFA outage is impacting a number of customers. Many, but not all ...

For the second time in two weeks, Microsoft Azure’s multi-factor authentication system is down. ZDNet on Tuesday noted the outage, which prevents some users from ...

Microsoft will soon enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all high-privileged Azure AD accounts, the company said on Friday. The MFA feature will be part of Microsoft Azure AD's "baseline ...

Microsoft has bought multi-factor authentication specialist PhoneFactor with the goal of integrating the company’s technology into its cloud services and on-premises applications. PhoneFactor, based ...

The Office of Information Technology will roll out multi-factor authentication next month to protect Microsoft Office 365 applications for all staff, faculty and student employees. Between Nov. 3-18, ...

Microsoft's Azure team has gone public with the root cause it discovered when investigating the November 19 worldwide multi-factor-authentication outage that plagued a number of its customers.

Microsoft will soon change the mandate to multi-factor authentication (MFA) with changes to Microsoft 365 defaults. As Microsoft points out, “When we look at hacked accounts, more than 99.9% don’t ...

Good morning! Except if you’re a hosted Microsoft customer who’s locked out of your account right now. Microsoft’s cloud-based multi-factor authentication services went down across the globe early ...

Microsoft sets multi-factor authentication as default for all Azure AD customers Your email has been sent Microsoft is taking a more aggressive step to try to protect users of Azure Active Directory ...

This is similar to taking a room key for a building and turning it into a skeleton key that works on every door in the building. A vulnerability in Microsoft’s Active Directory Federation Services ...

Microsoft Authenticator, the company's app-based authenticator, and Windows Hello, the umbrella label for Microsoft's biometrics technology, are better methods of authentication, a Microsoft exec says ...