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madcat
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Apr 18, 2020
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Did I accidentally provision Apple Internet Accounts with my own Azure AD user account

I was adding my O365 email account to my iPhone (Exchange Active-Sync) when I was prompted with the request below. I blindly tapped Accept (yes really should have read the fine print) and realised I ...
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    Thijs Lecomte
    Apr 18, 2020
    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
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madcat
Copper Contributor
Apr 18, 2020

Thanks for the reply Thijs Lecomte! :smile:

 

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?

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