Nope, the Microsoft authenticator is slightly different, and other authenticators won’t work. I just went through this with my IT dep. Microsoft authenticator will sometimes pop the numbers up on the computer and make you enter it in the app, not the other way around.
You don’t need it for work. You can use any authenticator.
swicano@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
scytale@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
IIRC if you use M365 (i.e. Outlook), you can only use their authenticator app for MFA. Happy to be corrected though.
Vittelius@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
M365 can be used with other 2fa apps. But organisations can force the use of Microsoft Authenticator
ramble81@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
It depends…. Your company IT department can choose what types of 2FA are available to use and Microsoft Authenticator is separate from OTP and other methods, and it is possible to restrict them.
That’s also yet another reason why I force the issue of a company phone as part of my equipment to do my job.
baines@lemmy.cafe 3 weeks ago
my company IT can provide a phone
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Work isn’t an excuse unless your work is trying to cut corners by having you use your personal phone instead of providing a work one. In which case they deserve to be taught this lesson for being cheap as fuck.
Your IT should be issuing you a phone handled by MDM, which won’t allow you to use a rooted or jailbroken device anyway.