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Setting up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

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This video portrays completing the MFA process on a Windows computer however, the experience and steps are the same when completing it on a Mac computer.

 

  1. On your desktop or taskbar, launch Google Chrome. Your homepage, The Source, will redirect to MFA setup instructions.
    1. If the homepage does not open, go to snhu.sharepoint.com/sites/source
  2. On the Multifactor Authentication setup window, click next
  3. On your phone, download the Microsoft Authenticator app from the app store or play store
  4. After successful install of the app, click next
  5. If prompted, allow notification. Then add an account, select “work or school”
  6. Click next
  7. Use the Microsoft Authenticator app to scan the QR code. This will connect the app with your SNHU Account.
  8. After you scan the QR code, choose Next
  9. Let’s try it out! Approve the notification sent to your app by entering the number shown.
  10. After approved on your phone, the page will automatically notify you of successful approval
  11. Click next
  12. Click Done. You have now successfully setup MFA.
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