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Entra / Microsoft 365 · Users & guests

Check MFA usage via audit records

Demonstrates how to use Entra ID sign-in audit records to verify MFA usage by user accounts.

Connect & set up

Run these once per session. All scopes are read-only unless the script makes changes.

Connect-MgGraph -Scopes Directory.Read.All, AuditLog.Read.All -NoWelcome

Run it

The main script. Copy it, or download the .ps1 and run it from your console.

param(
[string] $TenantId = (Get-MgOrganization).Id,
[int] $LookbackDays = 30,
[string] $StartDate = (Get-Date).AddDays(-$LookbackDays)
)
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes Directory.Read.All, AuditLog.Read.All -NoWelcome
$CSVOutputFile = "c:\temp\CheckAuditRecordsMFA.csv"
$StartDateS = (Get-Date $StartDate -Format s) + "Z"
Write-Host "Looking for sign-in records..."
[array]$AuditRecords = Get-MgBetaAuditLogSignIn -Top 10000 -PageSize 500 `
-Filter "(CreatedDateTime ge $StartDateS) and (signInEventTypes/any(t:t eq 'interactiveuser')) and (usertype eq 'Member')"
If (!$AuditRecords) {
Write-Host "No sign-in records found - exiting"
Break
}
# Eliminate any member sign-ins from other tenants
$AuditRecords = $AuditRecords | Where-Object HomeTenantId -match $TenantId
Write-Host "Finding user accounts to check..."
[array]$Users = Get-MgUser -All -Sort 'displayName' `
-Filter "assignedLicenses/`$count ne 0 and userType eq 'Member'" -consistencyLevel eventual -CountVariable UsersFound `
-Property Id, displayName, signInActivity, userPrincipalName
Write-Host ("Checking {0} sign-in audit records for {1} user accounts..." -f $AuditRecords.count, $Users.count)
[int]$MFAUsers = 0
$Report = [System.Collections.Generic.List[Object]]::new()
ForEach ($User in $Users) {
$Authentication = "No sign-in records found"
$Status = $null; $MFARecordDateTime = $null; $MFAMethodsUsed = $null; $MFAStatus = $null
$UserLastSignInDate = $null
[array]$UserAuditRecords = $AuditRecords | Where-Object {$_.UserId -eq $User.Id} | `
Sort-Object {$_.CreatedDateTIme -as [datetime]}
If ($UserAuditRecords) {
$MFAFlag = $false
If ("multifactorauthentication" -in $UserAuditRecords.AuthenticationRequirement) {
# The set of sign-in records contain at least one MFA record, so we extract details
$MFAUsers++
$Authentication = "MFA"
ForEach ($Record in $UserAuditRecords) {
$Status = $Record.Status.AdditionalDetails
$MFARecordDateTime = $Record.CreatedDateTIme
If ($Status -eq 'MFA completed in Azure AD') {
# Found a record that specifies the methods used, so capture that for the report
$MFAStatus = "MFA Performed"
$MFAMethodsUsed = $Record.AuthenticationDetails.AuthenticationMethod -join ", "
$MFAFlag = $true
} ElseIf ($MFAFlag -eq $false) {
# Otherwise capture details for use of an existing claim
$MFAStatus = "Existing claim in the token used"
$MFAMethodsUsed = 'Existing claim'
}
}
} Else {
# No MFA sign-in records exist for the user, so they use single-factor
$Authentication = "Single factor"
}
}
$UserLastSignInDate = $User.SignInActivity.LastSignInDateTime
$ReportLine = [PSCustomObject][Ordered]@{
User = $User.Id
Name = $User.DisplayName
UPN = $User.UserPrincipalName
LastSignIn = $UserLastSignInDate
Authentication = $Authentication
'MFA timestamp' = $MFARecordDateTime
'MFA status' = $MFAStatus
'MFA methods' = $MFAMethodsUsed
}
$Report.Add($ReportLine)
}
$Report | Out-GridView -Title 'MFA Usage by User'
$Report | Export-CSV -NoTypeInformation $CSVOutputFile
[float]$MFACheck = ($MFAUsers/$Users.Count)*100
$PercentMFAUsers = ($MFAUsers/$Users.Count).toString('P')
Write-Host ("{0} users of {1} found to use MFA" -f $MFAUsers, $Users.count)
If ($MFACheck -gt 38) {
Write-Host ("Congratulations - Tenant MFA usage percentage {0} is better than the 38% rate for Entra ID" -f $PercentMFAUsers)
} Else {
Write-Host ("Oh dear! Tenant MFA usage percentage {0} is worse than Entra ID norm (38%)" -f $PercentMFAUsers)
}

Parameters

ParameterDefaultNotes
-TenantId(Get-MgOrganization).IdMicrosoft Entra tenant ID for app-only Graph authentication.
-LookbackDays30How many days back to search for newly created mailboxes or recent activity.
-StartDate(Get-Date).AddDays(-30)Start of the reporting window.
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