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SARAVAB_1
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Setup Service Account

Dear All,

 

I am using On-premises Data Gateway (recommended/standard) option, during the data Gateway setup I used generic email id(Service account) in this setup it's asking multi-factor authentication, as per our customer security policy they will not allow us without MFA, please help me how to setup Service account without MFA?

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SARAVAB_1
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Hi,

 

I have fowled followed the link which you mentioned, my question: is there any possiblity of using a generic email id in the gateway without MFA (Multi-factor authentication)?

a small typo: removed fowled 

v-cazheng-msft
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Hi, @SARAVAB_1 

There are some requirements about installing on-premises gateway, you can refer Install an on-premises data gateway.

 

Best Regards,

Caiyun Zheng

 

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