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Alex Melching
Aug 02, 2018Iron Contributor
Office 365 MFA Enabled Users and the Apple Mail app for iOS Concern
Office 365 MFA and the Apple Mail app for iOS concern? We ourselves and several customers using Office 365 have noticed a recent issue with the Apple Mail app for iOS when Office 365 MFA is enabled. ...
Daniel Carp
Oct 07, 2020Brass Contributor
JQ_IT_Admin Please somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't allowing ActiveSync open up a security hole (since it's a basic authentication method)?
I have a couple of iOS users who are having the same issue since enabling MFA and disabling basic authentication methods. Some but not all. I have also been recommending the Outlook app & appreciate vortiz posting the link about syncing contacts through the app.
I may take this up with MS support to see if I can get any further. Will update the thread if I do!
Thijs Lecomte
Oct 07, 2020Bronze Contributor
The Apple Mail app supports Modern Auth since iOS 11. But when configuring the accout, be sure to use 'Sign-in' and not 'setup manually'. Setup manually will cause basic auth