Enabling MFA for Jira Premium Users

[Bibin Babu]

I have recently purchased the Jira Premium plan and would like to enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for all users.

Could you please confirm if MFA is enabled by default for Jira Premium users, or if it needs to be manually enforced? If manual setup is required, I would appreciate your guidance on how to configure it.

Thank you,

[Brant Schroeder · Accepted solution]

@Bibin Babu welcome to the Atlassian community

Here is the documentation you are looking for https://support.atlassian.com/security-and-access-policies/docs/enforce-two-step-verification/ 

[Bibin Babu]

we are fewer than 10 users from different organizations, would it be better to proceed with the option below and have each user enable MFA individually

Jira (10 Users or Fewer)

1. Ask Users to Enable MFA Manually (Quick & Easy)

No domain verification required
Users enable MFA themselves via https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security
Best for small teams where you trust users and want minimal admin work
Pros:

Quick setup
No technical DNS changes
Immediate protection

2. Is it possible to enable MFA without verifying the domain?
Our users come from different organisations and use various domains.

Challenges with domain verification:
Requires access to DNS settings

[Brant Schroeder]

@Bibin Babu they have to be managed user accounts which mean you have to have domain verification to enforce it.  If you can not or will not want to claim the domain(S) you can have each user enable it on their own as in option one.