I was today the first day in the office after my vacation. After starting my VBR V12 BETA3 instance, I noticed that the trial license has expired at 12/31/2022.
At login I was stunned that the second factor for login was not active.
So, I had a look at the “Users and Roles” dialog and there was no checkbox “Require two-factor authentication for interactive logon” available.
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OK, the difference to my last login before Christmas is the expired license. I installed our NFR license and checked the “Users and Roles” dialog again.
Now the checkbox “Require two-factor authentication for interactive logon” is available again and the 2FA is working again at next login.
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Conclusion is that – at least with the BETA version – 2FA is available only with a valid license. Your installation is left without a more secure login method unintentionally.
So, be aware to keep your licenses up to date to avoid this situation - most users will be hopefully not get in this situation.
But all users with a community edition will have no 2FA protection at all….