Category Archives: Multi-Factor Authentication
VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 3 adds federation support for four Identity Providers
On June 25th, 2024, Broadcom made vSphere 8.0 Update 3 generally available. In the details of the Release Notes for vSphere 8.0 Update 3 and ESXi 8.0 Update 3, Broadcom announces PingFederate Support in vSphere Identity Federation. This is a huge update for Identity and Access admins using VMware's virtualization platform as it broadens their options […]
Multi-Factor Authentication Server versions 8.1.15.1 and 8.1.16.1 address an AD FS Adapter installation issue
On May 13th, 2024, Microsoft released versions 8.1.15.1 and 8.1.16.1 of its MFA Server product that allows organization to add multi-factor authentication to RADIUS-, AD FS-, IIS-based and other on-premises authentication scenarios. Versions 8.1.15.1 and 8.1.16.1 MFA Server v8.1.15.1 is intended for use on: Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 […]
Multi-Factor Authentication Server versions 8.1.13.1 and 8.1.14.1 scale migrations to Entra MFA
Yesterday, Microsoft released versions 8.1.13.1 and 8.1.14.1 of its MFA Server product that allows organization to add multi-factor authentication to RADIUS-, AD FS-, IIS-based and other on-premises authentication scenarios. Versions 8.1.13.1 and 8.1.14.1 MFA Server v8.1.13.1 is intended for use on: Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 MFA Server v8.1.14.1 […]
Multi-Factor Authentication Server versions 8.1.11.1 and 8.1.12.1 add support for OATH codes
On January 19th, 2024, Microsoft released versions 8.1.11.1 and 8.1.12.1 of its MFA Server product that allows organization to add multi-factor authentication to RADIUS-, AD FS-, IIS-based and other on-premises authentication scenarios. Versions 8.1.11.1 and 8.1.12 MFA Server v8.1.11.1 is intended for use on: Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 […]
Multi-Factor Authentication Server version 8.1.10.1 addresses service crashes during activation
On November 9th, 2023, Microsoft released version 8.1.10.1 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: Fix for crashes during activation Version 8.1.10.1 addresses an issue that caused the main Azure […]
Multi-Factor Authentication Server version 8.1.9.1 offers improved migration abilities
On June 15th, 2023, Microsoft released version 8.1.9.1 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. Note: Currently, Microsoft no longer offers Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server on-premises ("MFA Server") for new deployments and trial tenants. Existing Azure MFA Server deployments […]
A recent Microsoft change might prompt you to reconsider guest access policies
While Active Directory and AD FS admins may feel that they are on top of things as new Operating Systems versions only typically appear every 3 years. However, when adding Azure AD to the mix, a constellation emerges where the change rate of Azure AD may suddenly wreak havoc… A recent change Recently, Microsoft […]
Existing Azure MFA Server deployments stop working starting September 30, 2024
Microsoft announced the final stage of deprecating Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Server. Deprecating Azure MFA Server Deprecating a crucial element in crucial processes for organizations is not something that Microsoft takes lightly: Since MFA Server 8, released on April 10, 2018. MFA registrations for the Authenticator app flow through the Azure MFA infrastructure instead of […]
Multi-Factor Authentication Server version 8.1.1.1 offers migration functionality to seamlessly switch to Azure MFA
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 […]
Manage the use of your AD FS MFA Adapter towards Azure AD with the new federatedIdpMfaBehavior setting
Last month, Microsoft introduced a new setting in Azure AD to protect against by-passing of Azure MFA for organizations who have federated between Azure AD and their on-premises environment. In most cases, organizations who have federated one or more DNS domains with Microsoft 365 (and thus Azure AD) use AD FS to host the ‘Microsoft […]
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