Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server is retiring on September 30th, 2024

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Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server is retiring on September 30th, 2024

Deprecation ID: 3cfdfed3-edb8-4f4b-96e1-4d9c6ac46ad9 Deadline: Sep 30, 2024 Impacted Services:

• Azure Active Directory

More information:

• Announcement
• Migration guide

Notice

Here's the official report from Microsoft:

Beginning September 30, 2024, Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server deployments will no longer service multi-factor authentication (MFA) requests, which could cause authentications to fail for your organization.

Timeline

Phase	Date	Description
Announcement	Nov 04, 2022	Deprecation was announced
Deprecation	Sep 30, 2024	Authentications will start failing.

Impact

Azure Database for MySQL Single Server is retiring on September 16th, 2024 and migration to cloud-based Azure MFA service is required.

Required Action

A migration FAQ is provided here.

Here's the official report from Microsoft:

To ensure uninterrupted authentication services and to remain in a supported state, organizations should migrate their users’ authentication data to the cloud-based Azure MFA service using the latest Migration Utility included in the most recent Azure MFA Server update. Learn more at Azure MFA Server Migration.

Contact

You can get in touch through the following options:

• Contact Azure support (link).
• Get answers from Microsoft Q&A (link).

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