Multi-Factor Authentication Server version 8.1.1.1 offers migration functionality to seamlessly switch to Azure MFA

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Microsoft Azure Multi-Factor Authentication

On August 30th, 2022, Microsoft released version 8.1.1.1 of its Azure MFA Server product that allows organization to add multi-factor authentication to RADIUS-, AD FS-, IIS-based and other on-premises authentication scenarios.

What’s New

The release notes mention one change:

MFA Server Migration Utility Public Preview

The MFA Server Migration Utility helps synchronize multi-factor authentication registrations stored in the on-premises Azure MFA Server directly to Azure MFA. After the data is migrated to Azure AD, users can perform cloud-based MFA seamlessly without having to register again or confirm authentication methods.

Known Issues

Windows Authentication for Remote Desktop Services (RDS) is not supported for Windows Server 2012 R2, and up.

Upgrade considerations

You must upgrade MFA Server and Web Service SDK before upgrading the User Portal or AD FS adapter. Read the guidance in the How to Upgrade section in this blogpost for more information.

Download

You can download Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server 8.1.1.1 here.
The download weighs 143 MB.

Version information

This is version 8.1.1.1 of Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server.
It was signed off on August 30th, 2022.

FURTHER READING

Ten Things you need to know about Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server 
Multi-Factor Authentication Server version 8.0.8.1 is here 
Multi-Factor Authentication Server version 8.0.7.1 fixes an issue with One-Way SMS
HOWTO: Install Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Server 8.0.1.1
Supported Azure MFA Server Deployment Scenarios and their pros and cons
HOWTO: Uninstall and Remove Azure MFA Server versions 7.x and 8.x Implementations

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