Setup Passwordless Authentication

Setup Passwordless Authentication

Important: This can only be done 3-days after you have Setup Microsoft Authenticator (MFA) App. If you get an error stating that you cannot setup this feature with multiple accounts, please contact helpdesk@smu.ca

With passwordless authentication, you can access a trusted device without having to enter a password. Only the two digit number is required.

Step 1: Open your authenticator app and click on your Saint Mary's University email

Step 2: Click on 'Enable phone sign-in'

Enable phone sign-in

Step 3: Read the screen and select Continue

Sign-in with your phone

Step 4: Sign in with your email and password

sign in with your organization account

Step 5: Authenticate the sign in by entering the generated 2 digits

authorize with two digits

Step 6: After that you will see that you've successful set it up if you see that "Passwordless sign-in enabled'

Passwordless sign-in enabled

You can also find an attached video to this article that shows the setup process.

This will make it a lot easy for you to log in to your account on trusted devices.

Congratulations! You are all setup!

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