Two-Step Verification

TCM enforces Two-Step Verification on all accounts to provide SSO (Single Sign On), increase security, and minimize user risks.

  1. Have your telephone and the device you want to setup ready
    • This will require a working telephone, registered on a local mobile network (in some cases, SMS charges may apply)
  2. Navigate to mail.tcmi.edu or any other TCM digital service requiring SSO
  3. Type your TCM created email address and click Next
    • If you typed a correct email address you will see the TCM logo in the next step
  4. Enter Your Password and click Next
    • If you do not know your password, click Forgot my password and follow the instructions
  5. More Information Required, click Next
  6. On the Keep your account secure screen choose I want to set up a different method (small black text)
  7. Choose Phone in the new window and Confirm
  8. Choose your Country from the list, add your phone number, select Text me a code, and click Next
  9. Check your phone and enter the code received from Microsoft back on the new Phone window
    • If you have not received a code, check your phone number and click resend or go back and correct it
  10. Once the verification is successful, click Next, and you will be taken to your Inbox or the resource you were navigating to.
  1. Have a mobile device and device you want to setup ready.
    • This will require a mobile device with an operating system up to date and an official app store containing the Microsoft Authenticator App
  2. Navigate to mail.tcmi.edu or any other TCM digital service requiring SSO
  3. Type your TCM created email address and click Next
    • if you typed a correct email address, you will see the TCM logo in the next step
  4. Enter Your Password, and click Next
    • if you do not know your password click Forgot my password and follow the instructions
  5. More Information Required, click Next
  6. While on the Keep your account secure screen
    • Go to your mobile device and install the Microsoft Authenticator app
    • Open the Microsoft Authenticator app on your mobile device, click on the + icon and choose Add Work or School Account; Scan a QR code
  7. Return to the device you were setting up and click next and Show QR Code
  8. Scan the QR code with your device’s camera
  9. Approve the test Notification on your mobile device.
  10. Once Verification is successful, click Next, then Done, and you will be taken to your Inbox or the resource you were navigating to.

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