https://community.esri.com/t5/high-availability-and-disaster-recovery-questions/webgisdr-authentication/m-p/1677579#M868 <P>We want to force MFA on our AGE 12.0 install. When enabled it works great.&nbsp; However, you can't use MFA with the account that runs the webgisdr tool. Since this user needs to be an admin, you'd need to make an MFA exception for that admin.&nbsp; Turning off MFA for an admin is a security risk.</P><P>Does anyone know of a way to get around this?</P> Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:45:43 GMT dgiersz_cuyahoga 2026-01-13T17:45:43Z https://community.esri.com/t5/high-availability-and-disaster-recovery-questions/webgisdr-authentication/m-p/1677579#M868 <P>We want to force MFA on our AGE 12.0 install. When enabled it works great.&nbsp; However, you can't use MFA with the account that runs the webgisdr tool. Since this user needs to be an admin, you'd need to make an MFA exception for that admin.&nbsp; Turning off MFA for an admin is a security risk.</P><P>Does anyone know of a way to get around this?</P> Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:45:43 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/high-availability-and-disaster-recovery-questions/webgisdr-authentication/m-p/1677579#M868 dgiersz_cuyahoga 2026-01-13T17:45:43Z https://community.esri.com/t5/high-availability-and-disaster-recovery-questions/webgisdr-authentication/m-p/1684245#M869 <P>Had the same question recently:&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/arcgis-enterprise-hardening-and-webgisdr/m-p/1664626" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ArcGIS Enterprise Hardening and WebGISDR - Esri Community</A><BR /><BR />One workaround I came up with was creating a dedicated built-in admin-account for webgisdr without MFA but with a complex username and really long and complex password. However, this is not a fully satisfactory solution.<BR /><BR />Idea:&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-ideas/webgisdr-authentication-options/idi-p/1684247/jump-to/first-unread-message" target="_blank">WebGISDR authentication options - Esri Community</A></P> Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:18:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/high-availability-and-disaster-recovery-questions/webgisdr-authentication/m-p/1684245#M869 SimonSchütte_ct 2026-02-13T08:18:21Z