Description:
Verifies that system-preferred multifactor authentication is enabled in the Entra ID authentication methods policy and applied to all users, so Entra ID can dynamically select the strongest method a user has registered.
Why:
CIS M365 Foundations Benchmark v6 §5.2.3.6 requires system-preferred multifactor authentication to be enabled in the Entra ID authentication methods policy and applied to all users. This lets Entra ID dynamically select the strongest registered MFA method available to each user at sign-in.
Configured: System-preferred multifactor authentication is enabled and applied to all users.
Not Configured: System-preferred multifactor authentication is disabled or not applied to all users.
Scoring: Contributes up to 1 point to the Posture Recommendations score.
Category: Identity
Microsoft Licensing: Works with Basic licensing
Remediation in Augmentt: Configure directly in Augmentt (Configure tab); Guided remediation steps (Instructions tab)
Compliance Frameworks:
CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark v6 (Level 1) — 5.2.3.6
CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark v7 (Level 1) — 5.2.3.6
CIS Controls v8 — 6.3
CIS Controls v8.1 — 6.3
Microsoft documentation: