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Break-glass Account Prompted for Authenticator App Despite Exclusions
- Nov 26, 2025
Did you exclude it from SSPR? This thread summarizes the possible reasons why an account is being prompted: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/645850/what-are-the-services-settings-that-can-cause-mfa
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/microsoft-will-require-mfa-for-all-azure-users/4140391/replies/4143356#M6078
Yes, MFA is required for all azure account and is outside the scope for Conditional Access token. You can setup a software token and set it up with CyberArk for getting the TOTP MFA token. Share the safe to user who will have access to breakglass account. Here is a link to that:
https://docs.cyberark.com/pam-self-hosted/latest/en/content/pasimp/psm-azure-cloudservicesmanagement.htm. Other way is to use to use FIDO2 key (e.g. YubiKey).