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Did I accidentally provision Apple Internet Accounts with my own Azure AD user account
- Azure Basic has functionality to keep a tenant secure, but it is, well... basic
First of all, I would recommend turning off User Application consent (like mentioned in the blog I added previously).
Secondly, I would really recommend configuring Multifactor Authentication.
MFA can be configured through two ways: Conditional Access and Security Defaults.
Security Defaults are a free option, check out this blog for more information:
https://365bythijs.be/2019/11/26/what-is-azure-ad-security-defaults-should-you-be-using-it/
I wouldn't worry about MDM and PIM during this time.
If you have configured MFA, you have a good baseline
Hi madcat
You haven't created an Apple account.
The enterprise application 'Apple Internet Accounts' was created. This enables Apple to view your mailbox and utilize their native 'mail' app.
Check out this doc article for more information about applications.
You can remove this application from your tenant, but then you won't be able to utilize the Apple Mail app.
All in all, there is no harm done with having this application in your tenant. It just enables you to utilize the Apple Mail app.
Thanks for the reply Thijs Lecomte!
That sounds like it could be useful although it does add an additional security concern as our O365 deployment is purely cloud based at the moment and adding the macOS mail client to the ecosystem would increase our attack surface a little.
What would happen if I deleted the account I used to provision it or changed that account's role memberships? Would Apple Internet Accounts still work?
Also to the best of my knowledge we don't have or use Apple Business Manager. More to the point the only Apple ID on my iPhone is my personal one and I certainly don't have it so I wonder what triggered that prompt on my device?
- These application do have a security concern indeed. I blogged about it a while ago: https://365bythijs.be/2020/01/05/protecting-against-oauth-attacks-setting-up-admin-consent-workflow/
Nothing would happen if you made changes to the account.
An enterprise application is not dependent on a user account, it's an entity on it's own.
You received this prompt because you tried to configure the Apple Mail app on your iPhone.Thijs Lecomte, a user told me that they got the prompt when they tried to configure email on a Mac. Is this possible on a Mac and ipad as well? I may have misunderstood the user, but I would love to know the difference.
