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I received or bought a new iPhone. How do I setup multi-factor authentication with it?
Overview
Steps below to enroll your iPhone in MFA
- On your iPhone, navigate to the App Store
- Tap the search tab in the bottom right
- Tap Get on the Microsoft Authentication tile as shown below
- Sign-in to the App Store with your fingerprint or Apple ID password. After the install is complete you can move on to the next steps
- Click to follow the link to self-enrollment
- Complete the ‘additional security verification’ before enabling MFA by selecting the ‘additional security verification’ link
- Login
- Students: [StarID]@go.minnstate.edu
- Faculty/Staff: [StarID]@minnstate.edu
- Once signed in, you will be prompted to provide more security information to your account. Click ‘Next’
- Verify your backup verification methods:
- Verify Authentication Phone
- Type a phone number that is different from the listed Office Phone (listed below)
- Verify Office Phone if this is your office phone.
- If this is NOT your office phone, DO NOT select this option
- Verify Alternate authentication phone
- This is a backup phone number if you cannot be reached at the Authentication Phone number
- Verify Authenticator app or Token
Configure Microsoft Authenticator
- Click the Delete button next to your Authenticator App smart phone
![](https://services.mnsu.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=879ade36-ac99-4f10-83b6-db8a7149c7c6.png)
- Click the Setup Authenticator app button
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- On the Microsoft Authenticator app, click Add Accounts and then Work or School account.
- The app will ask for permission to use your camera, click Allow. Then you simply need to scan the QR code on your computer screen and you are done
![](https://services.mnsu.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=fbe10ac3-de81-4648-972b-b31c0de6a115.png)
- Click Next
- Click Save
- Close Browser Tab to return to the Multi Factor Authentication Request browser tab
- Close the Multi Factor Authentication Request browser tab