How To Enable Users Mfa In Entra

To secure user sign-in events in Microsoft Entra ID, you can require Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication MFA. The best way to protect users with Microsoft Entra MFA is to create a Conditional Access policy. Conditional Access is a Microsoft Entra ID P1 or P2 feature that lets you apply rules to require MFA as needed in certain scenarios.

If you need information about creating a user account, see Add or delete users using Microsoft Entra ID. A group that the non-administrator user is a member of. For this tutorial, we created such a group, named MFA-Test-Group. In this tutorial, you enable Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication for this group.

While Conditional Access and Security Defaults are the recommended methods for enforcing MFA in Microsoft Entra ID, there are scenarios where managing MFA settings on a per-user basis is necessary. For example, use per-user settings when some users have unique security needs, access sensitive information that requires extra protection, or when

Enable and disable verification methods. Sign in to the Azure portal. On the left, select Microsoft Entra ID gt Users and groups gt All users. Select Per-user MFA. Under Multi-Factor Authentication, select service settings. On the Service Settings page, under verification options, selectunselect the methods to provide to your users. Click Save.

To enable and configure the option to allow users to remember their MFA status and bypass prompts, complete the following steps Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least an Authentication Policy Administrator. Browse to Entra ID gt Users. Select Per-user MFA. Under Multifactor authentication at the top of the page, select service

2. Go to Security gt MFA Select quotPer-user MFAquot or quotConditional Access policiesquot for granular control. 3. Enable MFA for Users Select users and click quotEnablequot under Multi-Factor Authentication. 2. PowerShell Commands for MFA Management Use Microsoft Graph PowerShell to automate MFA configurations

However, there is a way to set up MFA for some users, but not all, and see who's using it and who isn't. From the admin center, go to Identity, Users, and choose All Users. Then click Per-User MFA, where you'll see a complete list of user accounts and their MFA status to the right. Setting Up Conditional Access You can also control

Browse to Entra ID gt Users. Select a user account, and click Enable MFA. Confirm your selection in the pop-up window that opens. After you enable users, notify them by email. Tell the users that a prompt is displayed to ask them to register the next time they sign in. For more information, see Enable per-user Microsoft Entra multifactor

To add or change authentication methods for a user in the Microsoft Entra admin center Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least an Authentication Administrator. Browse to Entra ID gt Users. Choose the user for whom you wish to add or change an authentication method and select Authentication methods. At the top of the window, select Add authentication method.

In the next step, you will enable MFA for all users in Microsoft Entra Conditional Access. Configure Microsoft Entra Conditional Access MFA. Create a Conditional Access Policy to force MFA for all the users. You can select only a selected group of users. But, we recommend enabling MFA for all users. Step 1 New Policy