Describe the Purpose and Value of Implementing Entra ID Features

Once you have chosen an identity and an authentication model, you should think about securing the identity in question as well as how to handle common end-user management tasks such as password reset.

In this section, you will learn about multi-factor authentication—one of the tools available to all users of the Microsoft 365 platform for securing identities and logons.

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Users typically provide login credentials (usually a username and a password) for most authentication or login attempts. The methods of authenticating a user’s identity typically fall into one of the following three categories:

• Something the user knows: A password is the most common example of this method.
• Something the user has: This can be some kind of login device, such as a smart card or token, or it can be a text or phone call to a phone number previously registered with the system...