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Multi-Factor Authentication & Recovery Methods
As part of ongoing efforts to protect your personal information as well as 皇冠注册 Community College (皇冠注册) information, the Department of Information Technology will enable mutli-factor authentication for student Office 365 email services. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a security enhancement that requires two forms of verification when using your and adds critical protection for your sign-on credentials.
The first factor in MFA is your account password. Microsoft MFA requires that you specify how you want to provide the second factor as part of your Microsoft Office 365 account log in. Microsoft MFA provides the following second factor options:
- A text message sent to your smartphone or SMS text-capable telephone providing a code to enter in the login window. (easy setup)
- An automated voice call to a designated telephone number providing a code to enter to sign-on. (easy setup)
- The Microsoft Authenticator mobile app, available on and , that requests that you confirm your log in attempt. (more secure, but not as easy to setup)
- If you wish to use this app, please download before continuing.
- Once downloaded, and follow the instructions below (images).