{"id":1876,"date":"2026-03-12T18:55:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2026-03-12T18:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:55:25","slug":"making-and-using-temporary-access-passes-in-ms365","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/?p=1876","title":{"rendered":"Making and Using Temporary Access Passes in MS365"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Temporary Access Pass (TAP) in Microsoft 365<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Enable TAP in Entra ID first:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Entra admin center &#8211; Protection &#8211; Authentication methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Temporary Access Pass<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set to <strong>Enabled<\/strong>, configure who can use it, set lifetime (default 1 hour, max 8 hours or 30 days for one-time use)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Create a TAP for a user:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Entra admin center &#8211; Users &#8211; select the user ( <a href=\"https:\/\/entra.microsoft.com\/\">https:\/\/entra.microsoft.com\/<\/a> )<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authentication methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Add authentication method<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose <strong>Temporary Access Pass<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set duration and whether it&#8217;s one-time use<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy the code &#8211; you only see it once<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How the user uses it:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/mysignins.microsoft.com\/\">outlook.com<\/a> or sign in wherever you need to<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When prompted for a password, click <strong>&#8220;Sign-in options&#8221;<\/strong> &#8211; then <strong>&#8220;Temporary Access Pass&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the TAP code<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once in, they set up their MFA method (Authenticator app, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Common use cases at an MSP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New employee first login<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>User locked out \/ lost MFA device<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Migrating a user to a new device and need them to register fresh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TAP bypasses MFA temporarily &#8211; treat it like a password<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One-time use TAPs expire after first login<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reusable TAPs expire based on the time window you set<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Temporary Access Pass (TAP) in Microsoft 365 Enable TAP in Entra ID first: Create a TAP for a user: How the user uses it: Common use cases at an MSP: Key notes:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,98,117,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email-and-mx","category-it-knowledge-base-articles","category-ms365","category-security","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1877,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876\/revisions\/1877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}