As cyberattacks become increasingly frequent, sophisticated, and damaging, safeguarding your digital assets has never been more critical. In October 2024, Microsoft will begin enforcing mandatory multifactor authentication (MFA) for the Microsoft Entra admin center, Microsoft Azure portal, and the Microsoft Intune admin center.
We published a Message Center post (MC862873) to all Microsoft Entra ID customers in August. We’ve included it below:
Take action: Enable multifactor authentication for your tenant before October 15, 2024
Starting on or after October 15, 2024, to further increase your security, Microsoft will require admins to use multifactor authentication (MFA) when signing into the Microsoft Azure portal, Microsoft Entra admin center, and Microsoft Intune admin center.
Note: This requirement will also apply to any services accessed through the Intune admin center, such as Windows 365 Cloud PC. To take advantage of the extra layer of protection MFA offers, we recommend enabling MFA as soon as possible. To learn more, review Planning for mandatory multifactor authentication for Azure and admin portals.
How this will affect your organization:
MFA will need to be enabled for your tenant to ensure admins are able to sign into the Azure portal, Microsoft Entra admin center, and Intune admin center after this change.
What to do to prepare:
- If you have not already, set up MFA before October 15, 2024, to ensure your admins can access the Azure portal, Microsoft Entra admin center, and Intune admin center.
- If you are unable to set up MFA before this date, you can apply to postpone the enforcement date.
- If MFA has not been set up before the enforcement starts, admins will be prompted to register for MFA before they can access the Azure portal, Microsoft Entra admin center, or Intune admin center on their next sign-in.
For more information, refer to: Planning for mandatory multifactor authentication for Azure and admin portals.
Jarred Boone
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Identity Security
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