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1. You will receive an email notification from Okta, select the 'Active Okta Account' button which will launch the Okta account creation page.
   
   
   
2. On the account creation page, follow the steps to create your password and choose your security image, then select the 'Create My Account' button.
   
   
   
3. The Okta “Set up multifactor authentication” window appears next. There are 3 choices, each with a ‘Setup’ button directly under the description of the method:
   

   ●     Okta Verify - "Use a push notification sent to the mobile app."     

   ●     SMS Authentication - "Enter a single-use code sent to your mobile phone."

   ●     Voice Call Authentication - "Use a phone to authenticate by following voice instructions."

   
   
   
4. Choose the method you would like to use by clicking the ‘Setup’ button "Setup" button directly under your choice.
   
   

The following sections of this document define the steps needed for each of the different methods. Please see the section that correlates to your authentication choice.

Note: You may choose more than one authentication method. For example, this provides you the opportunity to connect your account with your mobile phone (Okta Verify app) and your office phone (Voice Call Authentication), even if they are two different numbers. Please see the section entitled “Two Factor Option: Multiple Methods”. Once you have completed the setup for your chosen authentication method, click on the ‘Finish’ button. Next, you will see a window asking you to choose a forgot password question. Please choose a question and enter your answer. This will only be used to verify your identity prior to starting the recover password process, if necessary. 

Two Factor Method: Okta Verify

1. Selecting this option launches the “Setup Okta Verify” window. In this window, “Select your device type” by clicking the radio button that matches the brand of mobile phone that you will be using. You will then be prompted by Okta to download the Okta Verify app. (If you would like to go back and choose a different authentication method, click on “Back to factor list” located in the bottom left-hand corner of the center window.)

   
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2. Okta Verify is a mobile app that needs to be downloaded to your mobile phone. The window contains a link to your mobile phone brand’s app store page for Okta Verify. This will allow you to easily identify Okta Verify in your app store  to download on your mobile phone.

   
   

3. Once the app is downloaded, click on the blue “Next” button on your computer and tap on the “Add Account” button in your mobile phone app. (If asked, allow the app to access your mobile phone camera and allow it to send push notifications).

4. The Okta app will open a camera screen, and your computer screen will display a QR code (square-shaped barcode).

   
   

5. Point your mobile phone towards your computer screen and align the phone camera display with the square of the QR code.

6. The Okta Verify app will scan the QR code and connect your mobile phone to your Okta account. You will receive an 'Account Added' confirmation in the Okta app on your phone and a new entry in the connections list in your mobile phone app.

7. On your computer, you will be directed back to the “Set up multifactor authentication” screen.
   
   

8. Click on the "Finish" button.

   
   While initially you will be logged into your Okta account following these steps, the next time you log into your Okta account, you will be using a “push” to authenticate. Please take note of the following steps:

        ●     When you enter your username and password, you will see a window for Okta Verify with a button to “Send Push”. Click on this button and a “push” pop-up alert will be sent to the app on your mobile device asking you to approve the connection.

        ●     Tap on the “Approve” button to authenticate.

        ●     Following the authentication, the application will load.

        ●     The next time you log in to the application, an Okta Verify window will appear asking whether to send a push to the phone number on record. 

   ●     Click to proceed with the push, then tap on “Approve” in the popup alert from the Okta Verify app.

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