Setup Multi Factor Authentication (MFA)
If you setup and use the Microsoft Authenticator App, please ensure that you are actively trying to access an Alliant resource before you approve any MFA access request. This will help prevent unauthorized access to your account by someone other than yourself.
Looking to add or change your existing MFA options? Please login at https://myprofile.microsoft.com
We recommend that users set up their authentication with a primary method using the Microsoft Authenticator App and a personal Email address as a secondary method. This is especially so for international students or those who frequently travel outside the USA as SMS (texting) abroad may require an appropriate data plan.
Sign in to your work or school account
After you sign in to your work or school account, you'll see a prompt that asks you to provide more information before it lets you access your account.
After you sign in to your work or school account, you'll see a prompt that asks you to provide more information before it lets you access your account.
Set up your security info using the wizard
Follow these steps to set up your security info for your work or school account from the prompt.
Follow these steps to set up your security info for your work or school account from the prompt.
Important
This is only an example of the process. Depending on your organization's requirements, your administrator might have set up different verification methods that you'll need to set up during this process. For this example, we're requiring two methods, the Microsoft Authenticator app and a mobile phone number for verification calls or text messages.
This is only an example of the process. Depending on your organization's requirements, your administrator might have set up different verification methods that you'll need to set up during this process. For this example, we're requiring two methods, the Microsoft Authenticator app and a mobile phone number for verification calls or text messages.
1. After you select Next from the prompt, a Keep your account secure wizard appears, showing the first method your administrator and organization require you to set up. For this example, it's the Microsoft Authenticator app.
Note
If you want to use an authenticator app other than the Microsoft Authenticator app, select the I want to use a different authenticator app link.
If your organization lets you choose a different method besides the authenticator app, you can select the I want to set up a different method link.
If you want to use an authenticator app other than the Microsoft Authenticator app, select the I want to use a different authenticator app link.
If your organization lets you choose a different method besides the authenticator app, you can select the I want to set up a different method link.
2. Select Download now to download and install the Microsoft Authenticator app on your mobile device, and then select Next. For more information about how to download and install the app, see Download and install the Microsoft Authenticator app.
3. Remain on the Set up your account page while you set up the Microsoft Authenticator app on your mobile device.
4. Open the Microsoft Authenticator app, select to allow notifications (if prompted), select Add account from the Customize and control icon on the upper-right, and then select Work or school account.
4. Open the Microsoft Authenticator app, select to allow notifications (if prompted), select Add account from the Customize and control icon on the upper-right, and then select Work or school account.
Note
If this is the first time you're setting up the Microsoft Authenticator app, you might receive a prompt asking whether to allow the app to access your camera (iOS) or to allow the app to take pictures and record video (Android). You must select Allow so the authenticator app can access your camera to take a picture of the QR code in the next step. If you don't allow the camera, you can still set up the authenticator app, but you'll need to add the code information manually. For information about how to add the code manually, see see Manually add an account to the app.
If this is the first time you're setting up the Microsoft Authenticator app, you might receive a prompt asking whether to allow the app to access your camera (iOS) or to allow the app to take pictures and record video (Android). You must select Allow so the authenticator app can access your camera to take a picture of the QR code in the next step. If you don't allow the camera, you can still set up the authenticator app, but you'll need to add the code information manually. For information about how to add the code manually, see see Manually add an account to the app.
5. Return to the Set up your account page on your computer, and then select Next.
The Scan the QR code page appears.
The Scan the QR code page appears.
6. Scan the provided code with the Microsoft Authenticator app QR code reader, which appeared on your mobile device after you created your work or school account in Step 5.
The authenticator app should successfully add your work or school account without requiring any additional information from you. However, if the QR code reader can't read the code, you can select the Can't scan the QR image and manually enter the code and URL into the Microsoft Authenticator app. For more information about manually adding a code, see Manually add an account to the app.
7. Select Next on the Scan the QR code page on your computer.
A notification is sent to the Microsoft Authenticator app on your mobile device, to test your account.
The authenticator app should successfully add your work or school account without requiring any additional information from you. However, if the QR code reader can't read the code, you can select the Can't scan the QR image and manually enter the code and URL into the Microsoft Authenticator app. For more information about manually adding a code, see Manually add an account to the app.
7. Select Next on the Scan the QR code page on your computer.
A notification is sent to the Microsoft Authenticator app on your mobile device, to test your account.
8. Approve the notification in the Microsoft Authenticator app, and then select Next.
Your security info is updated to use the Microsoft Authenticator app by default to verify your identity when using two-step verification or password reset.
9. On the Phone set up page, choose whether you want to receive a text message or a phone call, and then select Next. For the purposes of this example, we're using text messages, so you must use a phone number for a device that can accept text messages.
9. On the Phone set up page, choose whether you want to receive a text message or a phone call, and then select Next. For the purposes of this example, we're using text messages, so you must use a phone number for a device that can accept text messages.
A text message is sent to your phone number. If would prefer to get a phone call, the process is the same. However, you'll receive a phone call with instructions, instead of a text message.
10. Enter the code provided by the text message sent to your mobile device, and then select Next.
10. Enter the code provided by the text message sent to your mobile device, and then select Next.
11. Review the success notification, and then select Done.
Your security info is updated to use text messaging as a backup method to verify your identity when using two-step verification or password reset.
12. Review the Success page to verify that you've successfully set up both the Microsoft Authenticator app and a phone (either text message or phone call) method for your security info, and then select Done.
12. Review the Success page to verify that you've successfully set up both the Microsoft Authenticator app and a phone (either text message or phone call) method for your security info, and then select Done.
