On the heels of announcing the availability of Yubico Enrollment Suite for Microsoft users today, we’re excited to be back at Microsoft Ignite in Chicago this week to meet with all our valued customers and partners. If you’ll be at the conference, be sure to visit us at booth #333 to see live demos of the YubiKey, talk with us about phishing-resistant MFA and what the latest announcement from Microsoft means for your business. We’ll also have two speaking sessions during the event – details on each session, including time and location, are below – don’t miss out!
Now with support for Microsoft users (as well as Okta), Yubico Enrollment Suite – which includes Yubico FIDO Pre-reg and the new YubiEnroll – enables Microsoft customers to seamlessly meet Microsoft’s recent mandate requiring the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all Microsoft Entra ID, Azure and other portal sign-ins. This means that Microsoft customers using Microsoft Entra ID have access to a turnkey, phishing-resistant passwordless MFA onboarding experience by receiving YubiKeys that are pre-enrolled for their Microsoft environment.
Yubico is proud to support Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (SFI), which aims to deliver strong phishing-resistant authentication solutions based on FIDO2 and CBA standards – and the MFA mandate is one of the key pillars of the initiative. We’re also proud to have worked closely with Microsoft through the years to ensure Microsoft users around the world are able to protect their Microsoft ecosystem and personal information from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats like phishing with confidence. This includes support of the recent development of Microsoft Entra ID FIDO2 provisioning APIs and the ability to seamlessly use YubiKeys with the Surface Pro 10 via NFC-based passwordless authentication.
The impact of Yubico Enrollment Suite for Microsoft users
As the cyberthreat landscape continues evolving and becoming more sophisticated, users and organizations alike need to consistently stay phishing-resistant to create a strong defense against cyber attacks. By effectively enrolling the end user directly in the authentication platform – without reliance on the help desk or user to make security decisions – Yubico FIDO Pre-reg empowers enterprises to enhance cyber resiliency and halt phishing attacks on help desks throughout the user account lifecycle. This eliminates critical points where they may otherwise be exposed to hijack, such as onboarding, authentication and account recovery.
The YubiKey offers the most secure form of passwordless phishing-resistant MFA for high assurance and break glass accounts, and enables organizations to stay secure with the highest levels of authentication with support for both passwordless and traditional MFA scenarios. Yubico Enrollment Suite can accommodate a wide range of scenarios across highly regulated industries like government, manufacturing, financial services – as well as remote or distributed workforces.
Yubico is happy to further support Microsoft’s MFA mandate for portal admins with an exclusive $77 YubiKey bundle available through November 30, 2024. Secure your admin portal today by redeeming the exclusive bundle here: yubico.com/MFAmandate
Be sure to check out the press release here for more details on Yubico Enrollment Suite, and come see us in-person at Ignite this week with any questions or see us at any of our speaking sessions below.
Microsoft Ignite 2024 – Yubico Speaking Sessions
Integrate YubiKeys to meet Microsoft MFA Mandate
- Session Details:
- Discover how YubiKeys and phishing-resistant authentication seamlessly integrates with Microsoft’s cutting-edge solutions and security features to provide unparalleled protection for your organization. Learn about the latest updates in Microsoft’s security landscape and how YubiKey can enhance your security posture, streamline user experience, ensure compliance and can help you with your Zero Trust strategy.
- Date/time: Wednesday, November 20 at 8:45am
- Location: Partner Business Theater
- Speakers: David Treece, VP Solutions Architecture, Yubico
Go passwordless and boost cyber resilience with Yubico and Microsoft (*also available as a virtual session online here)
- Session Details:
- In light of recent high-profile outages, it’s clear that high availability and disaster recovery are critical, yet often overlooked in authentication. Join us as we explore how YubiKey integration with Microsoft solutions can enhance your cyber resilience. Learn about passkey implementations, resilient authenticators with Microsoft Entra ID, and strategies for designing robust authentication flows. Prepare your organization for the Azure MFA Mandate and leverage the new Microsoft Entra ID FIDO2 registration API.
- Date/time: Thursday, November 21 at 10:30am
- Location: Hub, Theater B
- Speakers:
- Erik Parkkonen, Solutions Architect – Integrations at Yubico
- Shakeel Aziz, Senior Solutions Engineer, Yubico
Disclaimer: This article is sourced from the official Yubico website. As official partners of Yubico, we have obtained permission to utilize both articles & resources for further updates with regards to Yubico’s products.
