For all other users with a Trinity email address, MFA is strongly recommended.

Trinity College requires MFA for all staff, faculty, and students.

You can do this by visiting the Multi-Factor Authentication webpage.Ĭlick here to learn more about this upgraded feature and its importance. If you are not using the Microsoft Authenticator app, it is highly recommended that you configure your account for it. If you are using SMS text messaging or one-time passcodes (OTP) via an authenticator app, this change does not affect your login process. “Number matching” means that when users go through an MFA Authentication, they see a number that they must enter in the Authenticator app to complete the authentication process. The new process for logging into Microsoft 365 gives you an auto-generated number to type into your device. Microsoft Authenticator has 230k reviews currently and is also listed as a top 5 productivity app on the App Store.managed more than 50 million downloads only.Microsoft is moving to a more secure method of authentication that changes “Push” notifications. Microsoft's Authenticator app for Android. The Outlook version on Android has been downloaded more than 500 million times according to Google. Microsoft Authenticator supports first-party and third-party services, Outlook only Microsoft product authentications.Īnother reason that speaks for Outlook is the widespread use of the application. This is one of the limitations of Outlook's new functionality. Those with Outlook installed on their mobile devices may use it soon to verify the second authentication step, at least when it comes to Microsoft product authentications. A plausible reason is to reduce the complexity somewhat for users. Microsoft does not reveal why it is integrating authentication functionality into Outlook. The decision to integrate the functionality into Outlook may sound superfluous to Microsoft Authenticator users, but these are probably not the target audience.

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