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Learn Azure Administration

You're reading from   Learn Azure Administration Solve your cloud administration issues relating to networking, storage, and identity management speedily and efficiently

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838551452
Length 452 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kamil Mrzygłód Kamil Mrzygłód
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Understanding the Basics
2. Getting Started with Azure Subscriptions FREE CHAPTER 3. Managing Azure Resources 4. Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks 5. Section 2: Identity and Access Management
6. Identity Management 7. Access Management 8. Managing Virtual Machines 9. Section 3: Advanced Topics
10. Advanced Networking 11. Implementing Storage and Backup 12. High Availability and Disaster Recovery Scenarios 13. Automating Administration in Azure 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Enabling MFA authentication

Nowadays, using only a username and a password is not enough when securing access to our accounts. When you have an Azure subscription under your control that holds many different production environments, you cannot rely only on the fact that an attacker does not know your password.

This is where MFA comes into play – the abbreviation stands for Multi-Factor Authentication and describes an additional method of authentication that leverages extra components during the sign-in process (such as a mobile phone or a token device). Fortunately, MFA is one of the features of Azure AD and can be enabled to enhance the security of your tenant.

To get started, you will need to go to your Azure AD tenant in the Azure portal and access the Security blade. To do so, search for Azure Active Directory using the search box at the top of the portal:

Figure 4.41 - Searching for the Azure Active Directory blade

In the Manage section...

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