How to Disable the Mandatory MS Authenticator App?

The Microsoft Authenticator app provides extra security for your Microsoft account.

They want to disable it.

The following part introduces how to deactivate the mandatory MS Authenticator app.

It ensures that only you might access them, even if someone else knows your password.

Microsoft Authenticator can manage all of them.

Additionally, Microsoft Authenticator offers biometric identification (such as fingerprint or facial recognition).

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Besides, some users are not interested in this app.

Thus, they want to block the mandatory Microsoft Authenticator app.

Here is how to do that.

Sign in to the Azure portal as a global administrator or security administrator.

2. smack the portal menu icon in the upper left corner.

Go toMicrosoft Entra ID>Properties.

Click theManage security defaultssetting at the bottom.

At thesecurity defaultsetting, change fromEnabletoDisable.

Go toMicrosoft Entra ID>Security>Authentication methods>configs.

Under theSystem-preferred multifactor authenticationsetting, change fromEnabletoDisableoption.

This post has introduced steps.

I hope your system can be kept secure and safe.

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