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Have you been wondering how to access the Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Settings in the Azure Classic Portal without first having to create an Azure account? I figured this out a few days ago, having an Office 365 tenant, and wanting to use the EMS and Azure Active Directory Premium features. Following Microsoft’s instructions, it said to go to the Azure Classic Portal. The problem is, Office 365 doesn’t include an Azure subscription, it just includes Azure Active Directory, which you manage through the “modern” Azure portal. Unfortunately, the Trusted IPs and MFA capabilities are managed through the Azure Classic Portal, which you can’t directly access without an Azure subscription.

So, here’s what you do:

1. Go to portal.office.com
2. Click Admin to open the admin tools
3. In the search box, type MFA
4. Select the Multi-factor authentication search result
5. Click the link to open the Manage multi-factor authentication link
6. There you go – manage MFA in your Azure AD to your heart’s content!