How to connect to Exchange Online PowerShell using multi-factor authentication??

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If you want to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) to connect to Exchange Online PowerShell, you can't use the instructions at Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell to use remote PowerShell to connect to Exchange Online.

• First, MFA requires you to install the Exchange Online Remote PowerShell Module
• Then you need to use the Connect-EXOPSSession cmdlet to connect

Ok, lets see how it works…

• Before you do this, make sure you tried as given here.
• Open the Exchange Online Remote PowerShell Module ( Microsoft Corporation > Microsoft Exchange Online Remote PowerShell Module).
• Run the command, Connect-EXOPSSession –UserPrincipalName deva@contoso.onmicrosoft.com
• 
This throws the credentials prompt, so provide the password.
• A verification code is generated, sent.
• Provide the verification code in Verification window
• After Step 4, the Exchange Online cmdlets are imported into your Exchange Online Remote PowerShell Module session and tracked by a progress bar.
• If you don't receive any errors, you connected successfully.

• Just to check that, run any of the Exchange cmdlet and see the results.

Hope this helps.