We now support adding a new work or school account by directly signing into the Authenticator app without needing to scan a QR code from another screen. We understand users don’t always have an additional screen when they want to add a work or school account in Authenticator (e.g., a user may be on the move with just their mobile device).

Improved add account experience for enterprise accounts To learn more about how to report unexpected sign-ins, check out: End users can now report “This wasn’t me” for unusual sign-in activity. To review your sign-in history, tap on the account in Authenticator and click on “Review recent activity”. You can now view your work or school account’s sign-in history right from the Authenticator app and report any unusual activity. To learn more about Security info page, check out: Combined MFA and password reset registration is now generally available - Microsoft Tech Community.

It will take you to a mobile friendly Security info page for you to manage your authentication methods. Tap on the account in Authenticator and click on “Update security info”. You can now also manage your work or school account’s authentication methods from within Microsoft Authenticator. Tap on the work or school accounts in Microsoft Authenticator and click on the new “Change password” option to change your account password right from within the app.

Here are three ways you can manage the settings: Today, we are enabling the same ability for Azure AD accounts. Since then, we’ve heard from our enterprise customers that they would like the same capability in Authenticator for their work or school accounts.

Improved add account experience for enterprise accountsĮarlier this year, we announced the ability to manage personal Microsoft accounts directly in Microsoft Authenticator.

Today I’m excited to share that we’ve made some cool updates to the Microsoft Authenticator app that enhance the enterprise (work or school account) user’s experience.

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