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Authentication strengths let Conditional Access require specific sign-in methods. Use the built-in Phishing-resistant MFA strength, tested in report-only mode and rolled out in waves, to stop accepting SMS and voice for sensitive access.

Your organization is ready for passwordless when you know who still uses SMS or voice, every persona has a supported passkey, devices meet minimum versions, recovery is defined and enforcement can run in report-only mode first.

A passkey replaces a password or SMS code with a cryptographic key that never leaves the user’s device and only works on the real website, so it cannot be phished, guessed or reused.

To move users off SMS and voice MFA in Microsoft Entra ID, find who still depends on them, enable passkeys, run a registration campaign, cover every device and enforce phishing-resistant MFA in waves.

Microsoft recently announced a significant shift in Microsoft Entra ID authentication: passkeys will soon become the default authentication experience, as Microsoft retires SMS and voice authentication as native options. This change reflects…