You also need to look at your Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)/Conditional Access (CA) settings. If the domain is managed by Azure or set up for Pass Through Authentication: Users will be authenticated with Azure directly or with Azure on behalf of your Active Directory Domain Service.For Federated setup login domain: Users will be redirected to log in to the identity provider (ADFS, Ping, Okta, etc.).Once you enable Exchange Online modern authentication, logging in will be required through a browser-based pop-up asking for UPN and password. You still need to log in your credentials. Learn more about enabling Microsoft’s modern authentication for Outlook here.Ģ. Outlook 2010, on the other hand, does not support modern authentication whatsoever and will continue to use basic authentication. Therefore, to enable modern authentication in Outlook 2013, you would need to have registry keys which you’ll have to set for every device that you’d like modern authentication to be enabled on. While Outlook 20 support modern authentication by default and thus do not require any further action to use these new flows, Outlook models that support legacy authentication such as Microsoft Online Sign-In Assistant or basic authentication still need to be set up.

The first thing you should be aware of is that not all Outlook models can support modern authentication. Alongside this modern way of working, enhanced cloud security has been equally promoted.Ĭombining augmented security with accessibility, Microsoft has offered modern authentication-such as password-less and conditional access, multi-factor authentication, and smart cards-for a better cloud experience and to provide more secure authentication in a cloud-based world.įurther promoting safe cloud access, Microsoft even announced that they’ll be disabling basic authentication in the second half of 2021 and setting modern authentication as the default access setting for Outlook.Īre you ready for the shift? In this blog post, we’ll be going through 4 key things you should know before switching over. In today’s cloud era, enabling seamless access across devices has been developed to promote better collaboration between teams and employees.

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