Impact of mandatory MFA enforcement on Cayosoft Administrator

Overview

The policy update by Microsoft, enforcing mandatory multifactor authentication (MFA) for Azure and Microsoft 365 services, affects Cayosoft Administrator in environments using the services. Admins and users accessing Microsoft services through Cayosoft Administrator must comply with the MFA requirements.

IMPORTANT: The mandatory multifactor authentication policy enforcement by Microsoft is being implemented in phases. Based on the current scope of phase 2 of the enforcement, Cayosoft does not anticipate any impact on the operation of Cayosoft Administrator, as Cayosoft Administrator does not rely on the affected clients. Should future changes to the mandatory MFA enforcement indicate a potential impact, Cayosoft will take the necessary steps to ensure compliance and maintain the product functionality. For additional information on the mandatory multifactor enforcement by Microsoft, refer to the following article: Azure mandatory multifactor authentication — Phase 2 | Microsoft.

Details

While the core Cayosoft Administrator functionality remains intact, any workflows involving authentication with Microsoft 365 or Azure AD must ensure that MFA is enabled. This may require configuration changes to maintain seamless operations. For more information, see Microsoft's update.

How to configure MFA  to access Microsoft services

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra Admin Center using the Microsoft 365 connection account.

2. In the Microsoft Entra admin center, in the Protection section, click Conditional Access and select Sign-in Logs:

   

3. Select a Sign-in activity record.

4. Switch to the Conditional Access tab:

   

5. Locate the Require multifactor authentication for all users policy and click it for details.

6. Make sure that the policy matches with all users and application connections except for the Cayosoft Administrator connection account used to connect to Microsoft 365: