{"id":164,"date":"2025-03-19T17:04:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=164"},"modified":"2025-03-19T17:04:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:04:31","password":"","slug":"how-to-configure-2-step-authentication","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/en\/docs\/how-to-guides\/how-to-configure-2-step-authentication\/","title":{"rendered":"How to configure 2-step authentication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two-step authentication increases your security while logging into the email account. Choose whether you want to use a mobile application called&nbsp;IceWarp Authenticator&nbsp;that will generate a one-time password (OTP) or whether you want to receive an SMS with the code that will grant access. Authenticator is a free application available for iOS and Android. To enable SMS messaging, the administrator has to set up the SMS gateway first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Setup a 2FA authentication\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/798426921?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In case that two-step authentication has not been activated yet, enable this feature in the Quick Settings menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to\u00a0<em>Quick Settings<\/em>\u00a0menu >\u00a0<em>Security<\/em>\u00a0>\u00a0<em>Set<\/em>.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the type of device and click\u00a0<em>Next<\/em>.<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/220factor20authentication_0_350x693.png\"><br>Figure. Quick settings menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow the instructions in dialog box. Click\u00a0<em>Next<\/em>\u00a0when finished<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/220factor20authentication_4_282x475.png\"><br>Figure. QR Code dialog.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Input the code delivered to the app and click\u00a0<em>Verify<\/em>.<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/220factor20authentication_5_287x303.png\"><br>Figure. 6-digit code dialog.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will see the confirmation that the two-step authentication was activated, click\u00a0<em>Done<\/em>.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/220factor20authentication_6_286x300.png\"><br>Figure. Successful activation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If two-step authentication is activated for your account, every time after password input, you will see the authorization dialog on your&nbsp;WebClient&nbsp;login page. Go to the Authenticator application (or check the SMS) and enter a 6-digit code into the authorization dialog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/220factor20authentication_7_277x461.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Figure. Two step verification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Warning:&nbsp;<\/strong>In case of stolen or lost mobile device, ask your administrator for 2-factor authentication reset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to deactivate two-step authentication<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click your avatar to open the\u00a0<em>User settings\u00a0<\/em>menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to \u2699\u00a0<em>Options > Accounts > My account > 2-Step Authentication<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Type 6-digit code you see in the\u00a0IceWarp Authenticator\u00a0and click\u00a0<em>Reset<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-step authentication increases your security while logging into the email account. Choose whether you want to use a mobile application called&nbsp;IceWarp Authenticator&nbsp;that will generate a one-time password (OTP) or whether you want to receive an SMS with the code that will grant access. Authenticator is a free application available for iOS and Android. To enable &#8230; <a title=\"How to configure 2-step authentication\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/en\/docs\/how-to-guides\/how-to-configure-2-step-authentication\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to configure 2-step authentication\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[33],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-164","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-how-to-guides"],"year_month":"2026-08","word_count":264,"total_views":"18","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"webbplatsen","author_nicename":"webbplatsen","author_url":"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/en\/author\/webbplatsen\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"How to guides","term_url":"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/en\/docs-category\/how-to-guides\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176,"href":"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/164\/revisions\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=164"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/office.webbplatsen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}