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2FA vs MFA
In the context of Azure AD, it's the same thing. You simply have different ways of enabling it, either via the old-style per-user toggle, or via conditional access and related.
VasilMichev thanks for your reply. So are we saying that both options are the same? So the requirement for a subscription is only for providing central management?
Nowadays, "MFA" is included for all as part of Security defaults, so there's no subscription requirement. The license requirement is for Conditional Access policies, which give you a lot more granularity (and lot more controls apart from MFA), or features such as trusted locations. You can get more details here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/concept-mfa-licensing#feature-comparison-of-versions
