Microsoft Authenticator

Microsoft Authenticator

By Microsoft Corporation

  • Category: Productivity
  • Release Date: 2015-05-30
  • Current Version: 6.8.39
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 174.94 MB
  • Developer: Microsoft Corporation
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 16.0
Score: 4.73646
4.73646
From 579,154 Ratings

Description

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)provides a second layer of security. When enabled, during login after entering your password, 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 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 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 organization resources. You will need to register your device to your organization through the app and add your work or school account. Microsoft Authenticator 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.

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Reviews

  • Hard to use

    1
    By AchieOtek
    Too difficult to use when signing in to a new device

  • So ridiculous

    1
    By ElderRageMage
    Baffling. Microsoft has been around for so long yet software quality control still eludes them. Users sign into MS Authenticator and then must use Authenticator verify their identity …? Other methods are offered but the default is set to Authenticator. Then, it tries to reset my password???

  • Worst UI imaginable

    1
    By gary_D
    I’m trying to use Authenticator to sign into Xbox, but the dreaded Xbox sign in death loop makes me add a code from Authenticator, which I’m already inside of. So I can’t exit authenticator to reopen authenticator to get the code because it kill the session where I’m trying to sign in. I can’t believe this thing made it out of beta.

  • Don’t upgrade phones

    1
    By Badtofu
    Upgraded to new phone. When you resign into the app it makes you resign in to Microsoft but then tries to send you approval to the exact app your trying to be to sign into. Had to reset my password and use email verification 3 times in a row just to get signed in simply cause I got a new phone. Horrible programming.

  • Cyclic authentication

    1
    By Sunsnnfk
    When i try to add my authentication on the app by logging into Authenticator, it is asking to approve the authentication on the app. This is the worst design I can think of.

  • Can’t log in

    1
    By Rlriley
    I got a new phone. Had to log back in to the Authenticator app. The app would only let me verify my account by getting a code in the app. That I can’t access because that’s what I’m trying to log into. Makes no sense.

  • I hate this app with the fiery passion of a thousand burning suns

    1
    By waylonlikks
    I hate this app with the fiery passion of a thousand burning suns

  • Horrible

    1
    By cottontail42
    This has to be the most difficult, hard to use, redundant app I’ve used in a long time. It keeps promoting me to open the app, that I’m already using, to get a code. All I wanted to do was add another email (hotmail, I know) to my existing login for two other authenticator programs. I tried the other options - email another account or enter password, and I ended back at the same authenticator requesting an authentication code. How can I get rid of that single star, it should be less?

  • Awful

    1
    By BeigeDragon
    Why does the app request that I put in a two digit number WHILE IM ON THE APP???

  • Stuck in loop

    2
    By ObviousLove
    Generally works. But it is possible to get stuck in a loop if your device has been lost or reset, you are unable to reconfigure MFA. The prop or to use other methods suggests using a code instead, but that also requires the Authenticator app. Seems someone Didnt think that verbiage / process through. Works pretty well apart from that.

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