Is MFA now mandatory for M365 applications? #M365AMA

In this episode, the #M365AMA panel discusses the following community question:

“Has anyone noticed that Microsoft is making the MFA method mandatory for M365 applications? If there is no response, settings will be set automatically. Is this information correct? Does someone know more?”

Check out the discussion here:

 

Participating in this discussion were:

• Christian Buckley @buckleyplanet 
• Hal Hostetler  @TVWizard
• Norm Young @stormin_30
• Sharon Weaver  @sharoneweaver
• Sean McDonough  @spmcdonough

Some relevant notes/links shared by the team:

• Within the latest update, it doesn’t appear to be “required” but is definitely the best practice.
• Deprecation of Basic authentication in Exchange Online [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients-and-mobile-in-exchange-online/deprecation-of-basic-authentication-exchange-online]