Microsoft Is Retiring SMS and Voice MFA in Entra ID: Your Migration Playbook (and How to Buy More Time)

Microsoft retires SMS and voice MFA in Entra ID on February 1, 2027, with passkeys auto-enabled from September 1, 2026. Here is the full playbook: find affected users, migrate to passkeys, use the temporary opt-out, keep SMS via a customer-managed telecom provider, and suppress registration prompts until you are ready. Continue reading