Setting Up 2FA/MFA for Your Virtual Office Account
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Sign into Virtual Office.
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Upon first sign in, you will be presented with the following page - to bind an ‘Authenticator’ to your account. Leave this window open as you continue on with the other steps. |
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Download the ‘Microsoft Authenticator onto your phone: On an Android phone, go to ‘Google Play Store.’ On an iPhone, go to the ‘App Store.’
Look for one of the two icons to the right |
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This is the application you are looking to install: |
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After installing the application, go to the top right corner and look for 3 dots. Click it to open a menu. From there, select ‘+ Add account’ *iPhone users: There will instead be a ‘+’ icon in the top right. |
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Click on ‘Other’ for the type of account that you are adding. The app is then going to try and use your camera so that it can take a photo of the code and add your Virtual Office account. Give it permissions to access the camera. |
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Use your phone to scan this QR code on the web page that was left open on your computer. |
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After scanning it will begin to generate 6-digit codes. Enter one of those code here and click ‘Login.’ |
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Now, when you login to Virtual Office, you will be asked for one of these 6-digit codes. You will need to open the Microsoft Authenticator app on your phone that you installed and enter it before you can sign in.
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