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Microsoft Authenticator

Microsoft Authenticator

Microsoft Corporation

4.7

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Publisher CountryUS
Country Release Date2015-01-13
CategoriesBusiness
Country / RegionsUS
Developer WebsiteMicrosoft Corporation
Support URLMicrosoft Corporation
Content RatingEveryone

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Use Microsoft Authenticator for easy, secure sign-ins for all your online accounts using multi-factor authentication, passwordless, or password autofill. You also have additional account management options for your Microsoft personal, work or school accounts.

Getting started with multi-factor authentication
Multi factor authentication (MFA) or two factor authentication (2FA) provides a second layer of security. When logging in with multi-factor authentication, you’ll enter your password, and then you’ll be asked for an additional way to prove it’s really you. Either approve the notification sent to the Microsoft Authenticator, or enter the one-time password (OTP) generated by the app. The one-time passwords (OTP codes) have a 30 second timer counting down. This timer is so you never have to use the same time-based one-time password (TOTP) twice and you don’t have to remember the number. The one-time password (OTP) doesn’t require you to be connected to a network, and it won’t drain your battery. You can add multiple accounts to your app, including non-Microsoft accounts like Facebook, Amazon, Dropbox, Google, LinkedIn, GitHub, and more.

Getting started with passwordless
Use your phone, not your password, to log into your Microsoft account. Just enter your username, then approve the notification sent to your phone. Your fingerprint, face ID, or PIN will provide a second layer of security in this two-step verification process. After you’ve signed in with two factor authentication (2FA), you’ll have access to all your Microsoft products and services, such as Outlook, OneDrive, Office, and more.

Getting started with autofill
Microsoft Authenticator app can also autofill passwords for you. Sign-in on the Passwords tab inside the Authenticator app with your personal Microsoft account to start syncing passwords, including the passwords saved in Microsoft Edge. Make Microsoft Authenticator the default autofill provider and start autofilling passwords on apps and sites you visit on your mobile. Your passwords are protected with multi-factor authentication in the app. You will need to prove yourself with your fingerprint, face ID, or PIN to access and autofill passwords on your mobile. You can also import passwords from Google Chrome and other password managers.

Microsoft personal, work or school accounts
Sometimes your work or school might ask you to install the Microsoft Authenticator when accessing certain files, emails, or apps. You will need to register your device to your organization through the app and add your work or school account. Microsoft Authenticator also supports cert-based authentication by issuing a certificate on your device. This will let your organization know that the sign-in request is coming from a trusted device and help you seamlessly and securely access additional Microsoft apps and services without needing to log into each. Because Microsoft Authenticator supports single sign-on, once you have proven your identity once, you will not need to log in again to other Microsoft apps on your device.

Optional Access permissions:
Microsoft Authenticator includes the following optional access permissions. All these require user consent. If you choose to not grant these optional access permissions, you can still use Microsoft Authenticator for other services that do not require such permission. For more information see https://aka.ms/authappfaq
Accessibility Service: Used to optionally support Autofill on more apps and sites.
Location: Sometimes your organization wants to know your location before allowing you to access certain resources. The app will request this permission only if your organization has a policy requiring location.
Camera: Used to scan QR codes when you add a work, school, or non-Microsoft account.
Read the contents of your storage: This permission is only used when you report a technical problem through the app settings. Some information from your storage is collected to diagnose the issue.

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  1. By Rebecca Rodriguez Keogh

    2024-08-27

    Version 6.2407.5108

    Confusing

    Occasionally confusing, but overall very helpful. This app has always been helpful, but it seems to require I jump through increasingly more hoops to use it as time goes on . I'd still recommend it, but it's becoming more burdensome each time I use it. For example, I had to rate it before I could go on to the app I was trying to access, which Authenticator was verifying I was allowed to use.

  2. By Patti Orsburn

    2024-08-15

    Version 6.2407.5108

    Privacy

    I think that in the last 25 years using MS and Google programs, this is the most maddening and troublesosystemI've ever encountered. I have to hunt around the device looking for the one that needs verification or something. Important hours of work are lost trying to using the entire Authenticator interface. I understand why -all the security protocols, all the other privacy concerns. But allthe hoops to jump through from this process, it takes all the time and efficiency out of one's work.

  3. By Waiddew

    2024-08-03

    Version 6.2406.4243

    Bugs

    I've been using this app for several years. I verified that cloud backup was active every month and even saw my last backup time. Today I accidentally removed the app and tried to reinstall it and recover all my accounts. You all already can guess what happened. I just got an error "Your backup is not stored with . Try signing in to a different personal Microsoft account". But I had only one personal Microsoft account. No solution and no help. I just lost all my accounts.

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