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John Rule
Oct 10, 2018Copper Contributor
Two factor authentication and Android mail client
Good evening all. We are having a weird issue where, when we turn on two factor authentication from our Office365 tenant, via the azure AD portal, the base android email application will no lon...
VasilMichev
Oct 10, 2018MVP
The built-in mail app on Android does NOT support MFA. Use the Outlook app instead. Or if you insist on using the mail app, you will have to create an app password (really not recommended).
John Rule
Oct 10, 2018Copper Contributor
That confirms my own suspicions, thank you! In terms of the default mail app on Iphones, should we expect to see the same scenario?
- VasilMichevOct 10, 2018MVP
The iOS one actually supports MFA, since two versions now.
- garethsweeneySep 24, 2019Copper Contributor
Has anybody else seen issues with this as I am just starting the MFA journey and Samsung devices in my test user group have had to remove their mail profile upon recreation the issue seems to be resolved. My worry is in 14 days when MFA kicks in will the mail connection die again?