Multifactor authentication (MFA) is an account login process that requires multiple methods of authentication to verify a user's identity. Many banks, social media accounts, and online shopping sites use this security measure, which is sometimes called "Two-Step Verification." When you sign into the account for the first time on a new device or browser, you will verify your identity using your username/password along with your cell phone number.
Refer to the steps below for instructions for using multifactor authentication to access your Microsoft 365 account for the first time.
Logging into your NEW Microsoft 365 account and setting up Multifactor Authentication
NOTE: You will need your cell phone to complete these activation steps.
- Go to the website: portal.office.com
- Type in your NEW email address. Your new email address is the same username you used with your Gmail, but with a different ending. Instead of <username>@email.fielding.edu, you will now use <username>@fielding.edu Example: if your Gmail was dbrown@email.fielding.edu, your new email address is dbrown@fielding.edu
- 3. Click on Next.
- Enter in your password and click “Sign in”
Use the password you use when logging into Moodle or My.Fielding.edu. You will not use your Gmail password.
Secure your account with Multifactor Authentication
Before getting into your new Microsoft 365 account, you will need to set-up Multifactor Authentication to secure your account.
If you use online banking, you are likely already familiar with Multifactor Authentication, or MFA. MFA adds a layer of security to your account by sending a verification code to your phone or device by text message.
- Click on “I want to set up a different method” to have Microsoft send you a text code to your cell phone for authentication.
- Click on “Next”
- Click on “Which method would you like to use?”
- Choose “Phone” from the drop-down list.
- Click on “Confirm”
- Enter in your cell phone number, select “Text me a code” and then click “Next”
Once you click Next, a text code will be sent to the phone number you entered.
- Type in the code.
Enter the code that you received on your cell phone and click Next.
- Secure
Your identity as the user for your new account has now been authenticated. - click Next.
- Success! Click Done.
- Click on “Yes” to stay signed in.