Azure Identity + Access Management

Azure multi-factor authentication (MFA) cheat sheet

Aπό τον @lucianfargo  έρχονται οι δύο πάρακάτω πολύ χρήσιμοι συγκριτικοί πίνακες, οι οποίοι συγκεντρώνουν πληροφορίες από τη τεκμηρίωση του Azure και του Office 365 και μας επιτρέπουν να επιλέξουμε την καταλληλότερη τεχνολογία Multi Factor Authentication για το σκοπό που τη χρειαζόμαστε.

Option

Azure MFA Cloud

Azure MFA Server

AD FS MFA

First party Microsoft Apps compatibility

  • Azure AD

YES

YES

YES

  • Office 365

YES

YES

YES

Cloud SaaS apps, via the Azure app gallery / Access Panel

YES

Limited

NO

IIS applications published through Azure AD App Proxy / Access Panel

YES

YES

YES

IIS applications not published through Azure AD App Proxy / Access Panel

NO

YES

YES

Radius integration

NO

YES

NO

Remote access integration – RDS through AD FS

NO

YES

YES

Remote access integration – Citrix Web Interface through Netscaler

NO

YES

YES

Remote access integration – VPN through RADIUS connectivity

NO

YES

NO

Admin control over authentication methods

YES

YES

YES

Conditional access – internal, external

YES

YES

YES

Conditional access – per application

YES

Limited

Limited

Hardware Tokens and software tokens

NO

YES

YES

Azure Authenticator App

YES

YES

NO

Mobile app notification

YES

YES

NO

Mobile app verification code

YES

YES

NO

Phone call as second factor – phone called made, pick up only

YES

YES

NO

One-way SMS as second factor – code sent, enter in site

YES

YES

NO

Two-way SMS as second factor – reply to SMS with code

NO

YES

NO

PIN mode – setup a custom PIN and enter for authentication

NO

YES

NO

Fraud alerting

YES

YES

NO

MFA service reporting

YES

YES

NO

One-Time Bypass

NO

YES

NO

Custom greetings for phone calls

YES

YES

NO

Customizable caller ID for phone calls

YES

YES

NO

Contextual IP Address Whitelisting / Trusted IPs

YES

YES

NO

Integration with third party apps, e.g. Citrix, RADIUS

NO

YES

NO

App passwords for clients that don’t support MFA

YES

NO

NO

Cache / Remember MFA for trusted devices (for set number of days)

YES

YES

NO

High availability and resiliency

YES

YES

YES

Αλλά εκτός από τα χαρακτηριστικά των διαθέσιμων αυτών τεχνολογιών, πολύ σημαντική είναι και η συμβατότητα τους με τους διάφορους clients. Στον επόμενο πίνακα λοιπόν μπορούμε να εύκολα να δούμε τη συμβατότητα με μια σειρά από clients (μέχρι τις 03-06-2016).

Client compatibility

Azure MFA Cloud

Azure MFA Server

AD FS MFA

Web browser: IE, Chrome, Firefox

YES

YES

YES

Microsoft Office 2013, including Skype for Business

YES

YES

YES

Microsoft Office 2016, including Skype for Business

YES

YES

YES

Office 2016 for Mac

YES

YES

YES

Office for Windows Phone

NO

NO

NO

iOS native mail, calendar, contacts apps

NO

NO

NO

Android native mail, calendar, contacts apps

NO

NO

NO

iOS: Word, Excel, PowerPoint (only)

YES

YES

YES

Android mobile: Word, Excel, PowerPoint (only)

YES

YES

YES

Android tablet: Word, Excel, PowerPoint (only)

NO

NO

NO

 iOS Skype for Business

YES

YES

YES

Windows Phone Skype for Business

NO

NO

NO

Android Skype for Business *when not using Hybrid S4B

Limited

Limited

Limited

iOS Outlook Mobile app

YES

YES

YES

Android Outlook Mobile app

YES

YES

YES

Windows Phone Outlook Mobile app

NO

NO

NO

About the author

Kostas Pantos

Konstantinos is a Cloud Ninja currently in a Sr. Cloud Solutions Architect role for a Global team called Customer Architecture and Engineering at Microsoft. In this role he's helping some of Microsoft's largest customers solve challenges, difficult problems, write code, architect solutions based on best patterns and practices for the cloud, and liaison between customers and engineering product groups. Find me at Mastodon

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