'Microsoft App Access Panel' and Conditional Access with SSPR combined registration bug
Currently, enabling self-service password reset (SSPR) registration enforcement causes the app 'Microsoft App Access Panel' to be added to the login flow of users who have SSPR enabled. This app is not able to be excluded from Conditional Access (CA) polices and is caught by 'All cloud apps', which breaks secure zero-trust scenarios and CA policy configurations. Best way to demonstrate this is through examples... ----Example 1---- Environment: CA Policy 1 - 'All cloud apps' requiring hybrid/compliant device, but excluding [App] (for all non-guest accounts) CA Policy 2 - [App] requiring MFA only (for contractor accounts, etc) CA Policy 3 - [App] requiring hybrid/compliant device (for internal accounts, etc) SSPR registration enforcement (Password reset > Registration) - set to 'Yes' MFA registration enforcement (Security > Authentication Methods > Registration campaign) - set to 'Enabled' Scenario: A new user requires access to web [App] on an unenrolled device and is assigned an account that falls under CA Policy 1 and 2, however [App] is excluded from 1 and shouldn't apply to this login. When accessing [App] for the first time, users must register SSPR/MFA. They see the below message, click 'Next' and are directed tohttps://accounts.activedirectory.windowsazure.com/passwordreset/register.aspx: Then they see this screen, which will block the login and try to get the user to download the Company Portal app: While behind the scenes, the login to [App] is being blocked by 'Microsoft App Access Panel' because it is seemingly added to the login flow and caught in CA Policy 1 in Req 2/3: CA Policy 1 shows as not applied on Req 1, CA Policy 2 shows as successful for Req 1/2/3 and CA Policy 3 shows as not applied for Req 1/2/3. Creating a CA policy for the 'Register security information' user action has no effect on this scenario and also shows as not applied on all the related sign-in logs. ----Example 2---- Environment: Same as above, but SSPR registration enforcement - set to 'No' Scenario: Same as above, but when accessing the [App] for the first time, they see the below message instead, click 'Next' and are directed to https://accounts.activedirectory.windowsazure.com/proofup.aspx: Then they are directed to the combined SSPR/MFA registration experience successfully: The 'Microsoft App Access Panel' doesn't show in the sign-in logs and the sign-in is successful after registration. From the two examples, it seems to be a bug with the SSPR registration enforcement and the combined registration experience. ----Workarounds---- 1 - Prevent using 'All cloud apps' with device based CA policies (difficult, requires redesigning/thinking/testing policies, could introduce new gaps, etc) 2 - Turn off SSPR registration enforcement and turn on MFA registration enforcement like in example 2 (easy, but only enforces MS MFA App registration, doesn't seem to re-trigger registration if the MS MFA App is removed, no other methods are supported for registration, and doesn't remind users to update) 3 - Disable SSPR entirely for affected users (medium depending on available security groups, and doesn't allow for affected users to use SSPR) ----Related links---- Be able to exclude Microsoft App Access Panel from Conditional Access · Community (azure.com) Support conditional access for MyApps.microsoft.com · Community (azure.com) Conditional Access Policies, Guest Access and the "Microsoft Invitation Acceptance Portal" - Microsoft Community Hub MS, please either: 1 - Allow 'Microsoft App Access Panel' to be added to CA policies so it can be excluded 2 - Prevent 'Microsoft App Access Panel' from showing up in the CA login flow when SSPR registration enforcement is enabledHow to Recover a Global admin account without MFA
Hi Community I have created a Global admin account in a tenant, unfortunately I had to reset my mobile device, and the MFA codes / setup are gone. I know the password for the account though, without being able to access MFA, I'm not able to login anymore. I have no other admin accounts / Privileged accounts setup. Is there any way to recover from this situation?
Enable MFA method
Dear, Currently in our company, the authentication methods policy > Microsoft Authenticator defaults to “any”. Either “passwordless” or “Push”. It is possible to enable the following authentication method through a conditional access policy, currently it is enabled for some users. Desired authentication method: The current method is as follows: Can it be enabled for professional accounts or is it only focused on personal accounts? Thanks in advance.Passwordless app notification not pushing into iOS notifications (app must be opened manually)
When switching to passwordless authentication, the Microsoft authenticator app does not generate a push notification in the iOS notification center. When I open the Microsoft authenticator app, the number matching prompt is displayed, so the sign-in works as expected, but I don't get a push notification from the app. The strange thing is, when I disable the passwordless method, and fallback to password + push notification with number matching, then the Microsoft authenticator generates the push notification in the iOS notification center. How could I troubleshoot that issue?
Guest accounts and MFA via Conditional Access in MS Entra
Hi experts, trying to get some help on my scenario and issue that external users started to experience since I've enabled MFA for external identities & guest users via Conditional Access. We have lots of external partners that we share some documentation with from our SharePoint. Some time ago, I have enabled "MS Entra B2B Integration for SharePoint and OneDrive" so that any external user that access shared files/folders in our SharePoint gets a GUEST account created in our tenant. This was also preparation for enabling MFA for External users via Conditional Access. I believe these are called "B2B Collaboration guests" Now, few days ago, I have enabled MFA via Conditional Access for all external users and guests, enabled for all cloud apps and require MFA to grant access. Until now, I got feedback from two external partners that their existing access doesnt work anymore - and they need to go through MFA (which is expected). The problem is that when they go through MFA set up, it ends up in a "loop" - meaning, they go through all steps but when completing the last step they are returned back to the very 1st step again. So they: scan QR code successfully authenticate get the page that it was successful get back to the 1st step asking to install or use MS Auth app The user tried different browsers also with Incognito tabs... When I am checking sing-in logs: guest account is created fine the status is: "Interrupted" additional details: The user was presented options to provide contact options so that they can do MFA. conditional access forcing MFA is marked as FAILED as MFA was not completed Both external partners that reported this are using MS Entra and I see their IDENTITY as ExternalAzureAD. Have not heard back from anyone else using other than ExternalAzureAD so not sure if there is something extra that needs to be configured. Anyone experienced this issue? Any idea what can be wrong? I do not have any cross-tenant collaboration etc configured...Enable MFA for external idetnities in MS Entra
Hi all, I am planning to enable MFA for guest accounts and external identities using Conditional Access in MS Entra. I am however wondering how I can select what Authentication methods can they use - or what would be the default behaviour. Currently, I am still using legacy MFA for internal users. I will migrate MFA to MS Entra later this year however, not sure how this is working when enabling MFA for external users. As I do use legacy MFA, my setting in " Authentication methods > Policies" have MS Authenticator set to NO. Now, do I need to switch MS Authenticator to YES if I want guests to use that app? And if I enable it, how do I assign it to External identities only? I do not see that kind of option there at all... I can assign it to all, for example, but I am not yet ready to migrate internal users as well... Would be happy to get some clarification on this. Thank you
Phishing resistant MFA options for Entra ID Guest users
What are the phishing resistant MFA options for Entra ID B2B guest users who authenticate from an IDP that is not configured for inbound cross tenant trust? From our testing, there does not appear to be any way to use fido2/passwordless/certificate-based authentication with the guest account on the resource tenant. The following links appear to indicate that this is not supported. Overview of custom authentication strengths and advanced options for FIDO2 security keys and certificate-based authentication in Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft Learn Microsoft Entra passwordless sign-in - Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft Learn When we enable MFA requirements in conditional access policy for Guest users, the only option that seems to work is MS Authenticator which the user can enroll for on our tenant. Would switching the account from a B2B guest to an internal Guest allow something like CBA to function or is the only real option to enable cross tenant trust and force the user to enable MFA on the account in their home IDP?Can we use On-Behalf-Of-User flow and Client Credential Flow for same API
I have developed few API and its using on behalf of user flow. We get the delegated access for respective users to perform action. But we have several background jobs so can i switch to client credential flow for just these background jobs? By doing this the same API has both "on behalf of user flow" and "Client Credential flow"!
Some users repeatedly prompted for MFA
All our devices are Intune joined. MFA turned on with a conditional access policy: Grant Access to: Require multifactor authentication; Session only configured Sign in frequency: x days. When majority users sign in apps without any issue, and only required to re authenticated with MFA after the defined x days. We have a small group of users are asked to MFA every time they opens a new app. Intune indicates these users' computers "Compliant". However, Entra - Monitoring - Signin logs shows: The same monitoring for other users, Authentication Details are "previously satisfied'. For these users, even they are working on the same app on a desktop, they are still returned with "Mobile app notification" and therefore are asked to MFA: DSREGCMD /status returns some different Diagnostic Dataresults to other devices without MFA issues:Last HostName Update : NONE. ********************************************************************* +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Device State | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ AzureAdJoined : YES EnterpriseJoined : NO DomainJoined : NO Virtual Desktop : NOT SET Device Name : [COMPUTER_NAME] +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Device Details | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ DeviceId : [COMPUTER_ID] Thumbprint : [COMPUTER_THUMBPRINT] DeviceCertificateValidity : [ 2023-08-05 04:25:23.000 UTC -- 2033-08-05 04:55:23.000 UTC ] KeyContainerId : [COMPUTER_KEYCONTAINERID] KeyProvider : Microsoft Platform Crypto Provider TpmProtected : YES DeviceAuthStatus : SUCCESS +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Tenant Details | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ TenantName : [TENANTNAME] ... ... ... +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | User State | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ NgcSet : NO WorkplaceJoined : NO WamDefaultSet : YES WamDefaultAuthority : organizations WamDefaultId : https://login.microsoft.com WamDefaultGUID : [...] (AzureAd) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SSO State | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ AzureAdPrt : YES AzureAdPrtUpdateTime : 2024-09-03 23:32:02.000 UTC AzureAdPrtExpiryTime : 2024-09-17 23:32:01.000 UTC AzureAdPrtAuthority : [...] EnterprisePrt : NO EnterprisePrtAuthority : OnPremTgt : NO CloudTgt : YES KerbTopLevelNames : .windows.net,.windows.net:1433,.windows.net:3342,.azure.net,.azure.net:1433,.azure.net:3342 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Diagnostic Data | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ AadRecoveryEnabled : NO Executing Account Name : AzureAD\[USERNAME], [USEREMAILADDRESS] KeySignTest : PASSED DisplayNameUpdated : Managed by MDM OsVersionUpdated : Managed by MDM HostNameUpdated : YES Last HostName Update : NONE +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | IE Proxy Config for Current User | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Auto Detect Settings : YES Auto-Configuration URL : Proxy Server List : Proxy Bypass List : +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | WinHttp Default Proxy Config | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Access Type : DIRECT +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ngc Prerequisite Check | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ IsDeviceJoined : YES IsUserAzureAD : YES PolicyEnabled : NO PostLogonEnabled : YES DeviceEligible : YES SessionIsNotRemote : YES CertEnrollment : none PreReqResult : WillNotProvision ************************************************************************** Can someone help here and shade some light on the issue.
Teams only occationaly sending MFA notifications to Authenticator
When logging into Teams in the browser, the MFA doesn't send a notification to the app. When trying the same in the Windows app, the notification with the 3 numbers you choose from shows up in the authenticator app and when selecting the right one, windows teams app continues the logging in process only to go to another screen where it displays another number to select in the app, but this time the app doesn't show any notification. The authenticator app seems to work generally, but somehow the notifications doesn't get sent.
