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2FA vs MFA
I am trying to learn about, what seems to be, 2 separate identity methods available to users of AAD. And really, I am happy if you just send me in the right direction to read about it. I am just conf...
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
