Setting up MFA - Microsoft Authenticator App
1. You will be prompted to set up MFA using the Microsoft Authenticator App. If you don’t want to set up using the app, see How to set up MFA with a different method below. To set up MFA with the App select, “Next on your screen”.
2. Remain on the “Set up Your Account” page while you set up the Authenticator App on your mobile device. You will need to go to your phone’s app store and install the App.
3. Open the Microsoft Authenticator App, select to allow notifications (if prompted), select “Add Account” from the Customize and control icon on the upper right corner and select, “Work or School Account”.
4. Return to the, “Set up Your Account Page” on your computer and then select, “Next”. The “Scan the QR Code” page appears. You may be prompted to allow your camera access. You will need to ALLOW it. Scan the provided code with your Microsoft Authenticator App QR code reader, which appeared on your mobile device after you created your work or school account. After scanning select, “Next”.
5. The Authenticator app should be successfully added to your work or school account without requiring additional information. A notification is sent to the Microsoft Authenticator App on your mobile device, to test your account. Looks like the picture below. Select, “Next”.
6. Approve the notification in your Microsoft Authenticator App, then select “Next”. Your security Info is updated to use the app by default to verify your identity when using two-step verification or password reset. Will look like the below picture once approved and ready. Select “Next”. You will be logged into your account displaying all your apps.
How to set up MFA with a different method - Phone Number
1. Select the, “I want to set up a different method” below.
2. You will then select “Authentication Phone”. Insert your cell phone number in the text box to the right and select “Send me a code by text message”. Click “Next”. See picture below.
3. It will then send a code to your phone and you will insert the code and select “Next”. You will now be logged into your account where it shows all your apps.