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Monday, August 11, 2025

PS - MFA Authentication if Phone is Damaged/Lost Stolen - So There Is a Way ...

 

You still need to use an alternate/somebody else's cell phone - which kinda defeats the purpose of an authentication app for extra security -  but it's the only other way to do it because MFA is designed for mobile apps only - and again, only if your company allows/has enabled this extra feature.

Either from your work site's security sign-in website on your PC or laptop  - or the MFA app from someone else's phone (again, if company allows this feature)  - choose "authenticate another way" and  scroll down past the apps way and choose "send a text code: to the alternate phone you're using and you can get in that way.

Make sure you can trust the person who's phone you're using is all I can recommend. 😆

Otherwise, Microsoft really needs to come up with a browser way to do this, right? 




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