As of 3 May, guests at Utrecht ﾄｾｹﾏｸ｣ﾀ﨧ｰﾊﾓ need 2FA for Office 365

15 April 2022

Currently guests at Utrecht ﾄｾｹﾏｸ｣ﾀ﨧ｰﾊﾓ do not need to login with two-factor authentication (2FA). This will change as of May 3^rd. Employees at Utrecht ﾄｾｹﾏｸ｣ﾀ﨧ｰﾊﾓ already work with 2FA when logging in to Office 365 applications such as Teams and OneDrive.

Why is 2FA required for guests?

At Utrecht ﾄｾｹﾏｸ｣ﾀ﨧ｰﾊﾓ, guests are regularly invited to the Utrecht ﾄｾｹﾏｸ｣ﾀ﨧ｰﾊﾓ Office 365 environment. By guests, we mean people without a Solis-id. A Solis-id is a username which, together with a password, gives access to Utrecht ﾄｾｹﾏｸ｣ﾀ﨧ｰﾊﾓ services. Guests might collaborate with employees of Utrecht ﾄｾｹﾏｸ｣ﾀ﨧ｰﾊﾓ in Teams, or they have access to shared documents on OneDrive. At the moment, invited guests do not need to use 2FA to gain access: their username and password will do. This is a risk: should a guest's login details be compromised, an unauthorised person could use them to access our Office environment.

2FA for guests as well from 3 May 2022 onwards

To increase security, 2FA for guests will be introduced in the Utrecht ﾄｾｹﾏｸ｣ﾀ﨧ｰﾊﾓ Office environment from 3 May. Both new and existing guests need to have 2FA set to gain (or keep) access to the Office 365 environment (such as Teams, files, etcetera) of Utrecht ﾄｾｹﾏｸ｣ﾀ﨧ｰﾊﾓ.

2FA not required for single meetings

If a guest only wants to attend a meeting via Teams, 2FA will not be required. This is for example the case when they have received an invitation via Outlook to join a meeting. Guests can simply click the link in the invitation email and join the meeting.

What should you do as a guest of Utrecht ﾄｾｹﾏｸ｣ﾀ﨧ｰﾊﾓ?

When you want to participate in Teams or other Office 365 applications, you may need to set up 2FA (also called MFA by Microsoft) for your account first. If you need help with that, you can use . It is also available via /2fa.

Need help?

You can find answers to many questions in the . You can also contact the IT Service Desk.

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