PEC | Authenticator App

How to Use
Microsoft Authenticator App


  1. Open the Microsoft Authenticator app on your phone and tap the Home button in the bottom left corner of the screen. For security purposes, you may be prompted to enter your phone’s unlock code or use biometrics to unlock and open Microsoft Authenticator.
    2. First Get the App

    Open the app's Home screen



  2. On another (or the same) device, sign in to your Microsoft Work Account with your username and password.
    3. Click Next and then open the app

    Sign in to your Work account on another (or the same) device



  3. On the device where you are signing in, notice your two-digit code displayed in the "approve sign in request" pop-up. If you are on your computer, select the "don't ask again…" option.
    4. Add account, select work, scan the QR code

    Remember your code



  4. Return to the Microsoft Authenticator app, enter your two-digit code, and then tap “Yes.” You may be prompted again to enter your phone’s unlock code or use biometrics, like in the earlier step.
    5. Scan the QR and click next

    Enter your code and tap yes


NOTE: If you reset or upgrade your phone, you must delete and re-add Microsoft Authenticator as an authentication method at PalmettoEng.com-> Employee Links-> Multifactor Authentication.