Microsoft Authenticator

Microsoft Authenticator

Microsoft Corporation · 4.7 ★ · FREE

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Description

Use Microsoft Authenticator for easy, secure sign-ins for all your online accounts using multi-factor authentication, passwordless, or password autofill. You also have additional account management options for your Microsoft personal, work or school accounts.

Getting started with multi-factor authentication

Multi factor authentication (MFA)provides a second layer of security. When enabled, during login after entering your password, you’ll be asked for an additional way to prove it’s really you. Either approve the notification sent to the Microsoft Authenticator, or enter the one-time password (OTP) generated by the app. The OTP codes have a 30 second timer counting down. This timer is so you never have to use the same time-based one-time password (TOTP) twice and you don’t have to remember the number. The OTP doesn’t require you to be connected to a network, and it won’t drain your battery. You can add multiple accounts to your app, including non-Microsoft accounts like Facebook, Amazon, Dropbox, Google, LinkedIn, GitHub, and more.

Getting started with passwordless

Use your phone, not your password, to log into your Microsoft account. Just enter your username, then approve the notification sent to your phone. Your fingerprint, face ID, or PIN will provide a second layer of security in this two-step verification process. After you’ve signed in with two factor authentication (2FA), you’ll have access to all your Microsoft products and services, such as Outlook, OneDrive, Office, and more.

Getting started with autofill

Microsoft Authenticator app can also autofill passwords for you. Sign-in on the Passwords tab inside the Authenticator app with your personal Microsoft account to start syncing passwords, including the passwords saved in Microsoft Edge. Make Microsoft Authenticator the default autofill provider and start autofilling passwords on apps and sites you visit on your mobile. Your passwords are protected with multi-factor authentication in the app. You will need to prove yourself with your fingerprint, face ID, or PIN to access and autofill passwords on your mobile. You can also import passwords from Google Chrome and other password managers.

Microsoft personal, work or school accounts

Sometimes your work or school might ask you to install the Microsoft Authenticator when accessing certain organization resources. You will need to register your device to your organization through the app and add your work or school account. Microsoft Authenticator supports cert-based authentication by issuing a certificate on your device. This will let your organization know that the sign-in request is coming from a trusted device and help you seamlessly and securely access additional Microsoft apps and services without needing to log into each.

Developer

What's New

Version 6.8.47 · 12 May 2026

We're always working on new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements. Make sure you stay updated with the latest version for the best authentication experience.

Ratings & Reviews

App Store

4.7

87,297 ratings

N/A downloads

Google Play

4.6

2,657,941 ratings

100,000,000+ downloads

5★
74%
4★
19%
3★
4%
2★
1%
1★
3%

Recent Reviews

Dorrell Gordon

Google Play

excellent app

30 May 2026

Otto Schussler

Google Play

its good

29 May 2026

Lesley Boatright

Google Play

Easy and convenient to use.

29 May 2026

Joshua Thorburn

Google Play

I also threw my phone into the wall trying to get this app to cooperate. Typical Microsoft garbage.

29 May 2026

abee calips

Google Play

Very good

29 May 2026

Reviewer17384

App Store

Busted app

This is the most angry I have been in a long time. This app is required for my job so I need to access codes to log in however it often won’t send my phone the notifications and when I try to log out and log back in again it the app itself needs a log in from itself. I somehow need to get a code from the Authenticator app while I’m trying to log into the Authenticator app

28 May 2026

vad g

App Store

Excellent

Good

28 May 2026

Axe70

App Store

Requires app, to sign in to app

My work credentials require this app for every sign in. After updating the phone, Authenticator has signed out. In order to sign back in, requires a standard two FA code, THEN an authenticator app code. From this phone. You can't make this stuff up.

25 May 2026

AnnieYV

App Store

Codes

I keep getting asked to get a 6 digit code but the codes are only 8 digits. It’s too confusing to use.

25 May 2026

Sucks big time!

App Store

I hate this app!

30 seconds is not long enough to scroll between screens to add the number. A text sent to my mobile that autosaves and comes across would be so much easier to manage

25 May 2026

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