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Before MFA is turned on for your account and enforced, you need to have completed the setup procedure. It’ll only take a few minutes and well worth it for peace of mind.
This is no more difficult than you may have already completed for other accounts and/or services such as your bank’s online service, facebook or many more.
The steps required to enforce MFA on your account are as follows.
- Setup MFA and your authentication methods on your account
- Request MFA to be turned on for your account
- Use MFA.
You still need to have a decent password so don’t be complacent. Defence in depth is good.
Open your favourite browser and login to the Office 365 portal. Then open a new tab in the same browser and go to the following URL : https://aka.ms/MFASetup
Here are two videos that will show you the procedure. This first one, is from Microsoft and is a few years old so the Office 365 look and feel is out of date but the explanation is very comprehensive.
Here is a video where Fred BLOGGS runs through the setup on his account using the mobile app.
It’s important to remember that you don’t respond “yes” every time the app asks you to, only when you know that you, and only you, are trying to login or use a program that is using your account.
If it pops up while you’re in the pub then chances are it’s some slimy toe rag trying to get into your account for mischief.