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gdistefano
Jun 13, 2023Copper Contributor
SMS and Phone MFA
We saw a recent post that stated MS will be decommissioning SMS and Phone MFA as of July 10. It said the Message ID is: MC584364. Can anyone confirm this? I do not see the official notification fr...
VasilMichev
Jun 13, 2023MVP
No, they will not be decommissioning said methods, at least not now. The message post is about the Registration campaign feature, which prompts the users to register specific methods (authenticator in this case). If you don't want this to happen, adjust the settings under https://portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_AAD_IAM/AuthenticationMethodsMenuBlade/~/RegistrationCampaign
- naolac250Jul 04, 2023Copper Contributor
Hi - Just to confirm, from July 10th will users be able to still use SMS as a backup MFA method on Authenticator App? Or in order to use SMS, should users be excluded under 'Settings' > 'Excluded Users and Groups' on the below link
https://portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_AAD_IAM/AuthenticationMethodsMenuBlade/~/RegistrationCampaign
Thanks!!
- JoshibobJun 20, 2023Copper Contributor
VasilMichev What do we change these settings to so that users are not forced into the Authenticator App?