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Google Authenticator app & Office 365 MFA
Is it possible to use the Google Authenticator iOS app with Office 365 MFA instead of the Microsoft Authenticator app? I tried adding to Google Authenticator with both QR code and manually but go...
No, as it only supports Google's MFA, afaik.
No true, you are not forced to install MS Authenticator, You can without problem use Google Authenticator, but you need to display the "Secret" key:
In screen with QRCode to scan there is a small blue link "Setup application without notifications" (sorry don't exactly know if this is proper translation for it) , click it and you'll get the secret, then just type it into G Authenticator and you're set :) (You don't have to type the full account name, this is for you to identify it only).
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Ps. I just set-up on my new phone GAuthenticator for 3 company O365 accounts :)
- Thank you this solved it for me!
Przemyslaw W wrote:No true, you are not forced to install MS Authenticator, You can without problem use Google Authenticator, but you need to display the "Secret" key:
In screen with QRCode to scan there is a small blue link "Setup application without notifications" (sorry don't exactly know if this is proper translation for it) , click it and you'll get the secret, then just type it into G Authenticator and you're set :) (You don't have to type the full account name, this is for you to identify it only).
Thank you, that was the key for me. For anyone else wondering, this is the process for setting up 2/MFA with any OTP app (I use andOTP):
- Open the security verification page for your user: https://aka.ms/MFASetup
- Check the Authenticator app box, and click the Configure button.
- Click the Configure app without notifications URL
- Now scan the QR code with your app and configure like normal.
It seems like Microsoft really go out of their way to obscure the fact that you don't actually need Microsoft Authenticator to use this factor for authentication.
- 2024 the link to the MFASetup is the only things that works nowadays.
- On the ihrer Hand, there is something missing. What if you never want to loose access, wouldn‘t it be clever, to add another totp provider, like keePassXC or just a second device with a totp app? If you consider your phone at risk of getting lost or Brocken/unaccessable? MS only supports phone numbers as backup there...
Truth is, Office 365 should support a variety of multi-factor authentication options - Google Authenticator, Duo, Yubico etc. MFA for O365 wont get wide spread adoption until they support more than just their own multi factor option.
