From 4f4adeaad23acac94483e559d928dbf25a9ad1ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kuni Sen <30574753+kunisen@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 15:03:45 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Small doc improvement Make it more clear about our recommendation is to have multiple mfa methods configured --- cloud-account/multifactor-authentication.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/cloud-account/multifactor-authentication.md b/cloud-account/multifactor-authentication.md index bfae8b1df9..da929f17fb 100644 --- a/cloud-account/multifactor-authentication.md +++ b/cloud-account/multifactor-authentication.md @@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ Multifactor authentication (MFA) is **mandatory** when you log in to {{ecloud}} You can no longer configure SMS as a multifactor authentication method. :::: -Elastic recommends that you enable multiple methods so that you can still access your account if you lose access to one method. +::::{important} + +Elastic strongly recommends that you enable multiple methods so that you can still access your account if you lose access to one method. + +:::: If you use only a Google or Microsoft account to log in, then you can’t configure MFA in {{ecloud}}. You can check and manage your multifactor authentication options in your Google or Microsoft account security settings. From 30994bb85576904ba375c8980eaab2f87c72f9d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kuni Sen <30574753+kunisen@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 14:03:25 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update cloud-account/multifactor-authentication.md Co-authored-by: Vlada Chirmicci --- cloud-account/multifactor-authentication.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/cloud-account/multifactor-authentication.md b/cloud-account/multifactor-authentication.md index da929f17fb..5b67f06875 100644 --- a/cloud-account/multifactor-authentication.md +++ b/cloud-account/multifactor-authentication.md @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ You can no longer configure SMS as a multifactor authentication method. ::::{important} -Elastic strongly recommends that you enable multiple methods so that you can still access your account if you lose access to one method. +For enhanced security, we recommend you configure at least two different authentication methods. This redundancy ensures that losing access to one method doesn't impair access to your {{ecloud}} account. ::::