Microsoft Authenticator

Published by: Microsoft

Description

Use Microsoft Authenticator for easy, secure sign-ins for all your online accounts using multi-factor authentication, passwordless, or password autofill. You also have additional account management options for your Microsoft personal, work or school accounts.
Getting started with multi-factor authentication
Multi factor authentication (MFA)provides a second layer of security. When enabled, during login after entering your password, you’ll be asked for an additional way to prove it’s really you. Either approve the notification sent to the Microsoft Authenticator, or enter the one-time password (OTP) generated by the app. The OTP codes have a 30 second timer counting down. This timer is so you never have to use the same time-based one-time password (TOTP) twice and you don’t have to remember the number. The OTP doesn’t require you to be connected to a network, and it won’t drain your battery. You can add multiple accounts to your app, including non-Microsoft accounts like Facebook, Amazon, Dropbox, Google, LinkedIn, GitHub, and more.
Getting started with passwordless
Use your phone, not your password, to log into your Microsoft account. Just 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’ve signed in with two factor authentication (2FA), you’ll have access to all your Microsoft products and services, such as Outlook, OneDrive, Office, and more.
Getting started with autofill
Microsoft Authenticator app can also autofill passwords for you. Sign-in on the Passwords tab inside the Authenticator app with your personal Microsoft account to start syncing passwords, including the passwords saved in Microsoft Edge. Make Microsoft Authenticator the default autofill provider and start autofilling passwords on apps and sites you visit on your mobile. Your passwords are protected with multi-factor authentication in the app. You will need to prove yourself with your fingerprint, face ID, or PIN to access and autofill passwords on your mobile. You can also import passwords from Google Chrome and other password managers.
Microsoft personal, work or school accounts
Sometimes your work or school might ask you to install the Microsoft Authenticator when accessing certain organization resources. You will need to register your device to your organization through the app and add your work or school account. Microsoft Authenticator supports cert-based authentication by issuing a certificate on your device. This will let your organization know that the sign-in request is coming from a trusted device and help you seamlessly and securely access additional Microsoft apps and services without needing to log into each.
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User Rating

4.68 out of 5

889 ratings in Slovenia

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Ratings History

Microsoft Authenticator Reviews

nothing but problems

tajson69 on

Slovenia

worst app ever made! nothing but problems! lost half of my profiles across different platforms just because this app doesn’t save the passwords

Horrible

hjighgff on

Slovenia

Worst app I have ever used by a longshot.

Idiotic

shsiocn on

Slovenia

My authenticator app says to open my authenticator…😐

I hate you

aljosapirc on

Slovenia

Cannot sign into my school mail because of a code im supposed to get from this app, which i cannot get because i CANNOT SIGN INTO MY MAIL WOTHOUT THE VERIFICATION CODE, i hate you. Will probably drop put of college because of you.

Impossible

Margaritatarara on

Slovenia

When i try to sign in to my mail account, it transfers me to this app and then the app gives me a number that I’m supposed to use in the app but i can’t because I’m already in it??!!

Could be better

LSU31 on

Slovenia

The search bar is hidden by default - it should be visible at all times. Also, there's a little animation when I want to search - it's completely unnecessary and it wastes my time. The rows are very tall making the list harder to navigate - a more narrow interface would help. The account icons are mostly empty or default - unneccesary - It would be much more useful if I could assign custom icons to the accounts to make the navigation easier. On the iPad, the list just displays in full width, showing lots of empty unused space. A gallery instead of a list would be better. Also, an option to add tags to the accounts and then to be able to quickly filter the list with a single tap would be awesome.

Please add support to approve from Garmin watch

ZemljakS on

Slovenia

Please add support to approve sign in from Garmin watch (Fenix 6 shows notification, to approve sign in I have to find phone and approve there)

Qr code scanner

i dont need more nicknames on

Slovenia

Never found a way to get up a qr code scanner for i phone 7. Checked permissions and camera isnt listed there. Convoluted and unusable app

Customer support a joke

Katehaspros on

United States

Isn’t it so funny when you go to click support page it isn’t there? Can’t access my work email because it sent a code that I can’t access because the code is getting sent to a phone I no longer have and then you’re sitting in a weird loophole where you get a code sent and then you say you can’t access the code so another code like yeah that’s gonna help whoever made this app must want everyone else to be miserable because this is literally miserable

No

By SashaMann on

United States

No

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App Info

Publisher
Microsoft
Languages
English, Arabic, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek (modern), Hebrew (modern), Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Chinese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Recent release
6.8.36(5) (2 weeks ago )
Released on
May 30, 2015 (10 years ago )
Last Updated
9 hours ago
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