Secure Account using Multi-factor authentication (MFA) in Azure

Secure Account using Multi-factor authentication (MFA) in Azure

In this post I will show you how to Secure Account using Multi-factor authentication (MFA) in Azure or we can say how to setup MFA (Multi-factor Authentication) in Azure. MFA is enabled automatically when you create account on Azure, this is done automatically as part of Security defaults. But this is not the only way (ie. Security Defaults) to achieve Multi-factor authentication. There are other methods and much suitable and recommended by Microsoft. Conditional Access is one the better way to achieve the MFA.

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How to create Dynamic Group in Azure AD

How to create Dynamic Group in Azure AD

In this post I will cover the topic on how to create Dynamic group in Azure AD. Dynamic group which can be either Dynamic User od Dynamic Device, gives the benefit of dynamically creating a group based upon a query, hence the group membership will keep on changing based upon the criteria it is going to meet.

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Microsoft Authenticator – activation code push notification error

Microsoft Authenticator – activation code push notification error

While trying to register for Azure Multi-Factor Authentication on your mobile phone, we might see a common error  We couldn’t add the account. Please verify that the activation code is correct and push notifications are enabled on your device for this app.

In your organization if Azure MFA (Multi-factor authentication) is enabled (either through Security Defaults or Conditional Access policy), and when first time you login to Azure Portal, you will be prompted with message

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Add Custom domain name to Azure AD

To add custom domain name and wanted to get rid of the initial domain name provided by Microsoft ie. <domainname>.Onmicrosoft.com, and wanted to use your own custom domain to be listed in Azure AD then you should add custom domain name. Hence, changing to something like [email protected] without having onmicrosoft.com.

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