{"id":108050,"date":"2026-04-07T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=108050"},"modified":"2026-04-06T20:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:00:27","slug":"action-required-set-up-microsoft-mfa-by-may-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/action-required-set-up-microsoft-mfa-by-may-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Action required: Set up Microsoft MFA by May 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>April 7, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Campus Community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ is transitioning from Duo to Microsoft multi-factor authentication (MFA). You must set up Microsoft MFA by May 18 to maintain uninterrupted access to your º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What you need to do<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Set up Microsoft MFA: <a href=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/mfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">its.uri.edu\/mfa<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete your setup by <strong>May 18<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After May 18, you will need to complete MFA setup before accessing º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s changing<\/strong><br>We are replacing Duo with Microsoft MFA to provide a more secure and streamlined sign-in experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why this matters<\/strong><br>Cyber threats continue to increase, and MFA adds an extra layer of protection to your account beyond a password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Help and resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/service.uri.edu\/sp?id=kb_article_view&amp;sysparm_article=KB0010513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn how to migrate from Duo: KB0010513<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/service.uri.edu\/sp?id=kb_article_view&amp;sysparm_article=KB0010535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Review MFA options: KB0010535<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit the MFA setup page: <a href=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/mfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">its.uri.edu\/mfa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Questions?<\/strong>&nbsp;Please contact the IT Service Desk at 401-874-4357 (HELP) or <a href=\"mailto:helpdesk@uri.edu\">helpdesk@uri.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you,<br>º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Information Technology Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 7, 2026 Dear Campus Community, º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ is transitioning from Duo to Microsoft multi-factor authentication (MFA). You must set up Microsoft MFA by May 18 to maintain uninterrupted access to your º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ account. What you need to do After May 18, you will need to complete MFA setup before accessing º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ systems. What\u2019s changingWe are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[1857,1858,1856],"class_list":["post-108050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-message","tag-audience-faculty","tag-audience-staff","tag-audience-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108051,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108050\/revisions\/108051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}