For those of you who use the Microsoft Authenticator app for聽Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) you will have noticed聽you聽must now聽enter a two-digit number into the app to complete the approval.聽This聽additional聽step called 鈥樷�� has been introduced by Microsoft to improve user sign-in security聽- an extremely important security control to help protect our data and yours.聽
If you are not yet registered to use the Microsoft authenticator聽app,聽we recommend you聽register聽as it is the easiest method of authentication.聽
Sign up now聽鈥� it only takes a few minutes聽
Simply visit聽聽and select 鈥楢dd sign-in method鈥�,聽choose聽Authenticator app聽and follow the on-screen instructions.聽You will need your smartphone and聽a personal email address (not your BU one).聽
Use this聽听补苍诲/辞谤听聽to help with the聽initial聽set-up.聽聽
Why聽use聽the app?聽
It's more secure than SMS (text messages)聽
No internet access or mobile phone service? No problem. The app is linked to your phone, so no internet access or mobile phone service is needed. However, you will need internet connection for the聽initial聽set-up.
Update your security information, change your聽password聽and review recent activity using your phone 鈥� no need to login to a BU computer.聽
