On Monday 23 October, two-factor authentication will be set up for guests in Microsoft 365 at UiO.
The guide is written for new guests. If you are already a guest in Microsoft Teams at UiO, please go to point 4 in the guide.
Two-factor authentication for guests
- You have received an email with an invitation to a team in Microsoft Teams at UiO.
- Go to the received email and click on Open Microsoft Teams.
- You will now get a window telling that UiO is collecting some information about you and your user account. Click Accept.
- You are now asked to create two-factor authentication for your guest account for Microsoft Teams at UiO. Click Next.
- To secure your guest account, please install Microsoft Authenticator or another authentication application (e.g. Google Authenticator and SMS). After the application is installed on your phone, click Next.
- The next steps happen on both your computer and phone. Open Microsoft Authenticator on your phone. If prompted, you allow notifications.
Add Account:
Select Work or school and Scan QR code:
Click Next on your computer.
- A QR code will now appear on your computer, which you must scan with Microsoft Authenticator on your phone.
- When the QR code has been scanned, you will be asked to test your two-factor setup and you will see a numerical code entered on your computer that you must enter in Microsoft Authenticator on your phone.
Enter the code on the phone and then press Yes.
- On your computer, you will now see that the two-factor notification has been approved. Click Next.
- In the last window, you will receive a confirmation that you have completed the setup of two-factor authentication as a guest at UiO. Click Done, and you will be logged into Microsoft Teams.
