Azure Management Sign-ins after Mandatory MFA
The question it answers: Which accounts sign in to Azure management without MFA now that Microsoft enforces it?
Microsoft now enforces MFA for Azure Resource Manager, Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell and infrastructure-as-code tools, and the option to postpone ended on 1 July 2026. User accounts that scripts still use either fail now or sign in with a single factor that will be blocked. Move them to managed identities, service principals or workload identity federation.
At a glance
Section titled “At a glance”| Where in the app | Entra ID › Sign-in & Audit Investigations › Azure Mgmt Mandatory MFA |
| Workload | Entra ID |
| Kind | Findings list · dashboard tile |
| Data | Read from Microsoft 365 when someone first opens it, then kept for the report cache lifetime (Settings > Data & cache, 1 hour unless changed). |
| Licence | Microsoft Entra ID P1 (sign-in logs). |
| Report id (API and MCP) | entra.investigations.azure-management-mfa |
Columns
Section titled “Columns”| Column | Key | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Severity | Severity | Status |
| Pattern | Category | Text |
| Account | Subject | Link |
| Check | Setting | Text |
| Tools | Value | Text |
| Finding | Finding | Text |
| Source IPs | Detail | Text |
| Last sign-in | When | Date |
| Sign-ins | Number | Number |
A findings list hides columns that no row fills. Severity is Critical, Serious, Warning, OK or Info; rows rated Critical, Serious or Warning need attention (Working with findings).
What it needs
Section titled “What it needs”Licence: Microsoft Entra ID P1 (sign-in logs).
Application permissions on the IntensiveReports app registration (all permissions):
| Permission | API | What it allows | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
AuditLog.Read.All | Microsoft Graph | Read all audit log data | |
Directory.Read.All | Microsoft Graph | Read directory data |
Data sources it reads
GET /beta/auditLogs/signIns?$filter=appId eq '04b07795-...' (Azure CLI) or appId eq '1950a258-...' (Azure PowerShell) or resourceId eq '797f4846-...' (Azure Resource Manager)
Through the API and MCP
Section titled “Through the API and MCP”GET /ir-api/v1/reports/entra.investigations.azure-management-mfa?size=100An AI assistant reads it with the MCP tool get_report and the id entra.investigations.azure-management-mfa. The client needs the Read grant for Entra ID. See Using the API.