Microsoft Authenticator

No more passwords, easier sign-in, and greater protection for your accounts.

Microsoft Authenticator - Secure Sign-In App

"Microsoft Authenticator" is an Android app that enhances the security of your online accounts using multi-factor authentication, passwordless sign-ins, and password autofill features. It supports a variety of accounts, including Microsoft personal, work, and school accounts, providing seamless access to Microsoft services while protecting your credentials with robust verification methods.
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App stats

Version: 6.2412.8087 (Last updated: 2025-01-15)
Version code: 202480873
Creation date: 2015-01-13
Permissions:
  • android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
  • android.permission.CAMERA
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION
  • android.permission.INTERNET
  • android.permission.KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES
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Size: 105.51M

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App summary

Use Microsoft Authenticator for easy, secure sign-ins for all your online accounts using multi-factor authentication, passwordless, or password autofill. You also have additional account management options for your Microsoft personal, work or school accounts.

Getting started with multi-factor authentication
Multi factor authentication (MFA) or two factor authentication (2FA) provides a second layer of security. When logging in with multi-factor authentication, you’ll enter your password, and then you’ll be asked for an additional way to prove it’s really you. Either approve the notification sent to the Microsoft Authenticator, or enter the one-time password (OTP) generated by the app. The one-time passwords (OTP codes) have a 30 second timer counting down. This timer is so you never have to use the same time-based one-time password (TOTP) twice and you don’t have to remember the number. The one-time password (OTP) doesn’t require you to be connected to a network, and it won’t drain your battery. You can add multiple accounts to your app, including non-Microsoft accounts like Facebook, Amazon, Dropbox, Google, LinkedIn, GitHub, and more.

Getting started with passwordless
Use your phone, not your password, to log into your Microsoft account. Just enter your username, then approve the notification sent to your phone. Your fingerprint, face ID, or PIN will provide a second layer of security in this two-step verification process. After you’ve signed in with two factor authentication (2FA), you’ll have access to all your Microsoft products and services, such as Outlook, OneDrive, Office, and more.

Getting started with autofill
Microsoft Authenticator app can also autofill passwords for you. Sign-in on the Passwords tab inside the Authenticator app with your personal Microsoft account to start syncing passwords, including the passwords saved in Microsoft Edge. Make Microsoft Authenticator the default autofill provider and start autofilling passwords on apps and sites you visit on your mobile. Your passwords are protected with multi-factor authentication in the app. You will need to prove yourself with your fingerprint, face ID, or PIN to access and autofill passwords on your mobile. You can also import passwords from Google Chrome and other password managers.

Microsoft personal, work or school accounts
Sometimes your work or school might ask you to install the Microsoft Authenticator when accessing certain files, emails, or apps. You will need to register your device to your organization through the app and add your work or school account. Microsoft Authenticator also supports cert-based authentication by issuing a certificate on your device. This will let your organization know that the sign-in request is coming from a trusted device and help you seamlessly and securely access additional Microsoft apps and services without needing to log into each. Because Microsoft Authenticator supports single sign-on, once you have proven your identity once, you will not need to log in again to other Microsoft apps on your device.

Optional Access permissions:
Microsoft Authenticator includes the following optional access permissions. All these require user consent. If you choose to not grant these optional access permissions, you can still use Microsoft Authenticator for other services that do not require such permission. For more information see https://aka.ms/authappfaq
Accessibility Service: Used to optionally support Autofill on more apps and sites.
Location: Sometimes your organization wants to know your location before allowing you to access certain resources. The app will request this permission only if your organization has a policy requiring location.
Camera: Used to scan QR codes when you add a work, school, or non-Microsoft account.
Read the contents of your storage: This permission is only used when you report a technical problem through the app settings. Some information from your storage is collected to diagnose the issue.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Integration with Microsoft services and devices
  • Good security features and frequent updates
  • Backup function for easy transfer of accounts when changing devices
Cons
  • Frequent loops/error messages preventing sign-in
  • Issues with notification delivery for account verification
  • Inability to restore or transfer all accounts during device change
Most mentioned
  • Difficulties with two-factor authentication loops
  • Problems with account transfer and backup functionality
  • Inconsistencies in password autofill and app notifications
User reviews
The layout of the buttons on this app cause problems. The app works fine. However the layout causes me to hit the wrong button because it jumps around a lot as the keyboard opens and closes for data entry. The buttons)choices need to be further from the text boxes. I often have to redo the process more than once a few times a week.
by Camisha Evans, 2025-02-04

Hundreds of saved credentials lost in the blink of an eye! All of my saved credentials in this app suddenly disappeared and I'm getting prompted to import passwords from other sources. Which other sources. This is on top of on-going random malfunctioning of the same app involving some apps and web pages with no indication whatsoever as to why the app will not prompt to fill in credentials or generate new ones for affected sites and apps. Such a spectacular failure! 😡
by O! M, 2025-02-01

Too confusing but it's Microsoft and that's what I use above all else so I'm giving it 3 starts yet I still use it as my main authenticator app because of my Xbox and big rewards both which I use often and both are great but not this part of Microsoft this app is not so great and too confusing and dangerous locking yourself out of accounts at Mercy of this app which is far from perfect at all times as an app of this sort is mean to be to deliver what it promises. It locked me out once already.
by Igor Budko, 2025-01-31
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