Description:

Verifies that legacy per-user MFA is disabled for every user, so Conditional Access is the sole MFA enforcement mechanism.

Why:

CIS M365 Foundations Benchmark v6 §5.1.2.1 requires legacy per-user multifactor authentication to be disabled for every user so Conditional Access is the sole MFA enforcement mechanism.

Configured: Per-user MFA is disabled for every user.

Not Configured: One or more users still have per-user MFA enabled or enforced.

Scoring: Contributes up to 1 point to the Posture Recommendations score.

Category: Identity

Microsoft Licensing: Works with Basic licensing

Secure Score Impact: Not verified. No Microsoft Secure Score control could be confirmed for this setting from published sources. See the note in README.md before publishing this field.

Remediation in Augmentt: Configure directly in Augmentt (Configure tab); Guided remediation steps (Instructions tab)

Compliance Frameworks:

  • CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark v6 (Level 1) — 5.1.2.1

  • CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark v7 (Level 1) — 5.1.2.1

  • CIS Controls v8 — 6.3

  • CIS Controls v8.1 — 6.3

Microsoft documentation:


_KB status: new — this check is not yet documented in the knowledge base._

_Source: Augmentt native check, aligned to the CIS Microsoft 365 Foundations Benchmark. Check ID AUG.CIS.M365.5.1.2.1 (module 1084)._

Sourced for this page:

  • Secure Score — No Microsoft Secure Score control name is published for this setting and Augmentt does not read one.


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Tags: posture-check · compliance-audit · Microsoft Entra ID · Identity · M365 Basic · CIS M365 v6 L1 · CIS M365 v7 L1 · CIS v8 · CIS v8.1