Authentication method capabilities
Timelines and exceptionsTimeline
From the capture of 12 Oct 19:50 UTC- 3 undated sections
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- 30 recorded changes
Requirements, exceptions and scope
While traditional MFA with SMS, email OTP, or authenticator apps significantly improves security over password-only systems, these options introduce friction — requiring additional steps for…
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How this timeline changed
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No longer on the page Authenticating while bootstrapping new devicesMicrosoft's source, commit 1954c05
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Observed history and review priority
Captured 12 Oct 19:50 UTC; extracted 16 Oct 16:10 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/fc65ebeb286710c0a830833db8a7e5de7e266b79981fe9c7c34479be9369ad3c.
Review priority. Previously extracted guidance is missing from a later capture · Extracted assertions require review · Applicability or exceptions require review
0 date changes and 0 condition changes across 1 compared revisions. Suggested check interval: 6 hours.
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Retained observations · 21
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