Microsoft Authenticator
Sign in is easy, convenient, and secure when you use Microsoft Authenticator. Use your phone, not your password, to log into your Microsoft account. You simply have to enter your username, then approve the notification sent to your phone.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
Features
- Two-factor Authentication
- Time-based One-time Password
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- Cloud Sync
- Biometric Authentication
- Multiple Account support
- Password protection
Tags
- rfc6238
- Security & Privacy
- otp
- security-authentication
- authenticode
- Authentication
- Backup
Microsoft Authenticator News & Activities
Recent News
- Maoholguin published news article about Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft goes passwordless by default for new accounts, aiming to expand to all accountsMicrosoft has shifted its account creation process so that all new Microsoft Accounts are now passw...
- POX published news article about Microsoft Authenticator
Microsoft drops password autofill in Authenticator, redirects users to Edge insteadMicrosoft has announced significant changes to its Authenticator app, stating that autofill functio...
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Password Managers & Authenticators
What is Microsoft Authenticator?
Sign in is easy, convenient, and secure when you use Microsoft Authenticator. Use your phone, not your password, to log into your Microsoft account. You simply have to 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’ll have access to all your Microsoft products and services, such as Outlook, OneDrive, Office, and more.
Microsoft Authenticator information
Developed by
Microsoft Licensing
Proprietary and Free product.Alternatives
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- English
- Arabic
- Basque
- Bulgarian
- Catalan; Valencian
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Estonian
- Finnish
- French
- Galician
- German
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Kazakh
- Korean
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
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- Norwegian Bokmål
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- Romanian
- Russian
- Serbian
- Chinese
- Slovak
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- 4.74 avg rating
Comments and Reviews
Since they started handling passwords in addition to the 2FA stuff this app has changed the game imo. I can log into any site with Face ID (a la Windows Hello) or biometrics on my Android phone. It may not sound like a big deal but with some of the hoops that password managers make you jump through, it really is. Looking at you LastPass...shame on you.
Extremely unintuitive to use, I am using flagship phones set up correctly and most of the time the code doesn't show up or requires me to go to a sub-menu to enter another code, so 3? factor authentication that works half the time, just stick with actual 2FA with the 6-digit TOTP codes, and for that you don't need this proprietary app that will phone to Microsoft and try to collect data.