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Can't setup MFA on Azure personal account
I'm unable to use the az cli with a personal account because of MFA requirements. I have a free trial of Azure which I'm using for some basic testing. I'd like to deploy some Bicep from az cli, when...
Hi, personal Microsoft accounts and Entra work/school accounts behave differently with MFA setup, which is why aka.ms/MFASetup may reject a personal account. For Azure CLI, I would try az login --use-device-code first and confirm whether the tenant actually has a work/school account associated with it. If the subscription is tied only to a personal account, some Entra MFA management pages simply will not apply the way the docs describe