Productivity · Collaboration & MessagingsituationalIdentity AccessB2BUXMobile

Microsoft Teams MFA Routes Codes to Stale Email Addresses Blocking Login

Teams requires MFA codes sent to email addresses users no longer have access to, with no graceful recovery path. Security questions and secondary verification flows are opaque and non-intuitive. Enterprise users lose access to collaboration tools during critical work periods with no fast self-service recovery option.

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