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Published inMar 2022
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Ryan Mangan
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Ryan Mangan

Ryan Mangan is an end-user computing specialist. He is a speaker, presenter and author who has helped customers and technical communities with end-user computing solutions, ranging from small to global 30,000-user enterprise deployments in various fields. Ryan is the owner and author of ryanmangansitblog, which has over 3 million + visitors and over 200+ articles. Some of Ryan’s community and technical awards include: Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), VMware vExpert 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021, VMware vExpert EUC 2021, VMware vExpert Desktop Hypervisor 2021, Very Important Parallels professional program (VIPP) 2019, 20 & 21, LoginVSI Technology Advocate 19, 20.
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Planning and implementing MFA

This section goes into detail on how to implement MFA for AVD. We will navigate through the process step by step. The benefit of MFA is that it provides an extra layer of security for users, and only the user with access to the token can log in, reducing the risk of unauthorized access to the network and IT resources.

The prerequisites for getting started are as follows:

  • You first need to assign a license to users that includes Azure AD Premium P1 or P2.
  • You also need to create a new Azure AD group for MFA and ensure that you have included the users you want to assign MFA to.
  • Ensure you enable Azure MFA for all required users.

For more information on the prerequisites, please see the following link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/howto-mfa-getstarted#prerequisites-for-deploying-azure-ad-mfa.

You also need to ensure that your users are configured to use MFA. This is done by following...

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Published in: Mar 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801075022

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Ryan Mangan

Ryan Mangan is an end-user computing specialist. He is a speaker, presenter and author who has helped customers and technical communities with end-user computing solutions, ranging from small to global 30,000-user enterprise deployments in various fields. Ryan is the owner and author of ryanmangansitblog, which has over 3 million + visitors and over 200+ articles. Some of Ryan’s community and technical awards include: Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), VMware vExpert 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021, VMware vExpert EUC 2021, VMware vExpert Desktop Hypervisor 2021, Very Important Parallels professional program (VIPP) 2019, 20 & 21, LoginVSI Technology Advocate 19, 20.
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