#M365AMA

“Can anyone give me options on how to turn off Microsoft Authenticator for office 365? I have multiple students and I don't want them to install the authenticator app on their phone."
Participating in this discussion were:
Christian Buckley @buckleyplanet
Sharon Weaver @sharoneweaver
Geoff Varosky @gvaro
Stacy Deere @sldeere
Jonathan Weaver @j_weaver74
Some relevant notes/links shared by the team:
-- Our initial reaction: Why would you turn this off???
-- While we surmise that this question comes from a good place and this teacher is trying to simplify the UX for their students, turning MFA off is a bad idea. A better option would be to set up text-based authentication: Set up text messaging as your verification method [support.microsoft.com/en-us/a...]