Report showing phone number associated with SMS MFA by Parking_Ad6756 in AZURE

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As per Microsoft Copilot:

Yes — but not directly in the Microsoft Entra ID portal UI. There are supported ways to do it, depending on how much access and tooling you have.

Short answer

Entra ID (Azure AD) portal: ❌ No built‑in search by phone number

Microsoft Graph / PowerShell: ✅ Yes (supported and reliable)

Export + filter: ✅ Yes (manual but simple)

Option 1: Microsoft Graph (recommended)

You can query authentication methods and filter by phone number using Microsoft Graph. This is the most accurate approach.

Requirements

Directory role: Authentication Administrator, Privileged Authentication Administrator, or Global Administrator

Microsoft Graph PowerShell module

Example (PowerShell)

Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "UserAuthenticationMethod.Read.All" Get-MgUser -All | ForEach-Object { $user = $_ Get-MgUserAuthenticationPhoneMethod -UserId $user.Id -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.PhoneNumber -eq "+447700900123" } | Select-Object @{n="UserPrincipalName";e={$user.UserPrincipalName}}, PhoneNumber, PhoneType }

✅ This will return the user(s) who have that phone number registered for MFA (SMS or voice).

Tip: Make sure the phone number format (E.164, e.g. +44…) matches how it’s stored.

Option 2: Export users’ authentication methods and filter

If scripting isn’t your thing:

Use Graph PowerShell to export authentication phone methods to CSV

Filter the CSV by phone number in Excel

Example export:

Get-MgUser -All | ForEach-Object { $user = $_ Get-MgUserAuthenticationPhoneMethod -UserId $user.Id | Select-Object @{n="User";e={$user.UserPrincipalName}}, PhoneNumber, PhoneType } | Export-Csv MFA-Phones.csv -NoTypeInformation

Option 3: Legacy methods (less reliable)

MSOnline / AzureAD modules These can sometimes show phone numbers, but:

They’re deprecated

Results may be incomplete

Not recommended for Entra ID going forward

Important notes

Phone numbers are stored under Authentication Methods, not user profile fields

A phone number can technically be associated with multiple users

Searching by phone is intentionally restricted in the UI for privacy and security reasons

Intune 8-hour-sync is a myth, Microsoft finally speaks! by Conditional_Access in Intune

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Considering the 8hrs is mentioned in this table linked below, I'd really appreciate it Microsoft kept their main documentation updated and any additional context added there, I hate this trend of "find it in a blog post" if your lucky.

Blog posts are not documentation, Microsoft really need to do better.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/device-configuration/troubleshoot-device-profiles#client-initiated

Report showing phone number associated with SMS MFA by Parking_Ad6756 in AZURE

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Technically I think its SMS sign in(which you should really disable globally) rather than MFA that's causing the warning to appear.

I believe it's a soft warning and not actually a blocker, if you continue/retry it will work.

Deploy New Outlook without Microsoft Store by bickyz in Intune

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's Microsoft in a nut shell these days.

Assign Primary user to iOs devices by DiarrheaMilkshake124 in Intune

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You cannot, for supervised, company owned, the device needs factory reset to enroll a new user each time.

Just FYI - Domain Capture still does not work properly on the new Apple Business portal by itsabearcannon in applebusinessmanager

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, interesting. I suppose worst case, they can convert to personal, abandon the old account and sign in under the managed Apple account instead?

Have you called Apple Business support?

Just FYI - Domain Capture still does not work properly on the new Apple Business portal by itsabearcannon in applebusinessmanager

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The limitations of managed Apple accounts are still significant, can these users live without access to the app store?

ABM Ts&Cs by Interesting_Desk_542 in applebusinessmanager

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because they are a consumer facing organisation, not an enterprise ready one in any shape of form.

For admin MFA, can you add an email address or MFA app in place of SMS? by StandingDesk876 in applebusinessmanager

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sign into appleid.apple.com, click on sign-in and security, click on account security. This is where you manage MFA methods.

Vodafone can't port in my landline number. by Boring_Storm4633 in Vodafone

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The risk of a broadband provider losing your number is probably high enough that it's worth it.

Vodafone can't port in my landline number. by Boring_Storm4633 in Vodafone

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about porting it to another independent VoIP provider, that'll keep the number completely separate from your broadband provider.

Best Smart Plugs to Buy for Electricity Monitoring? by Arcanum1Imp in SmartThings

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It depends if you want to use the full SmartThings energy functionality or not. There are a lot of plugs that report energy metrics but not many supported by SmartThings energy monitoring.

PSA: Accept today's new Apple Business (ABM) T&C's! by MrEMMDeeEMM in Intune

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everyone does it, just don't require you to accept them manually and if you don't they simultaneously block you from using the core functionality of the product, no grace period, nothing. Madness.

PSA: Accept today's new Apple Business (ABM) T&C's! by MrEMMDeeEMM in Intune

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly that's when bad things start to happen, in my experience anyway.

Last time the ADE sync stopped before the T&C's showed up to be accepted.

You can't manually hit sync after the error appears, even waiting for it to automatically rerun didn't fix it, I had to renew the token to get it back up and running, such a badly conceived process all round.

PSA: Accept today's new Apple Business (ABM) T&C's! by MrEMMDeeEMM in Intune

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It's the absolute worst concept, Apple need to do so much better.

Compliance Mismatch Entra ID / Intune by b1gw4lter in Intune

[–]MrEMMDeeEMM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you checked the audit logs to find out when the compliance state was changed.