Awareness - MFA: number matching, location and additional context

Awareness - MFA: number matching, location and additional context

The Microsoft Authenticator app will enforce number matching starting February 27th 2023 in response to MFA fatique attacks. anDREa has already enabled location and additional context, number matching will follow soon. Activation date to be decided, most likely before the end of 2022.

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