Depending on if you are opening the Authenticator App for the first time (Fig 1) or setting an additional account in the app (Fig 2), your view will be different. Leave this open while you proceed with Setting up the MS Authenticator on your device.ġ.Open the Microsoft Authenticator App on your mobile device. A dialog box with a QR code will be displayed. Select ‘Next’ on the ‘Set up your account’ dialog box in your web browser.ĥ.

Return to your browser and select ‘Next’ on the ‘Start by getting the app’ dialog box in your web browser. Select ‘Install’ or ‘Get’, depending on your device.Ĥ. If you have already downloaded Microsoft Authenticator to your mobile device, go to step 4 below.ģ. Step 1/4: Sign in and add Multifactor Authentication (MFA) method

In the following instructions you will login to your Algonquin College account add the MFA authentication method, download, install and set-up MS Authenticator on your mobile device and finish the process.Īll of the steps below must be completed for the registration to be successful. A mobile device (iOS or Android Phone/Tablet).Your Algonquin College credentials (username and password).If you have any problems setting up your MFA, ITS Support is available Mon-Fri 7:30 am – 5:00 pm.Įmail: Instructions for setting up and using MFA Students who already use Microsoft Authenticator for their MFA and are looking for instructions for VPN, please go to Step 4 below.

Learners will use the Microsoft Authenticator App to authenticate connecting to VPN. Moving forward the College has standardized using Azure MFA and will be phasing out Entrust. Multifactor Authentication (MFA) and VPN Support for StudentsĪs a part of ongoing efforts to ensure College data and applications remain secure ITS regularly reviews and updates it security practices.Ĭurrently, Learners at the College have used Entrust for MFA authentication for secure VPN connection to College resources.

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