🔵Google - How to Setup and Enable 2 Factor Authentication (2FA)

2 Factor Authentication, or 2FA, for your Google Account can significantly increase security protection when logging into your work or personal account. This guide can show you how to set 2FA up using a Windows Laptop. This is also possible through your Cell Phone.

ESTIMATED TIME TO READ AND FOLLOW: 10-20 minutes

To Setup 2FA with your Google Account, you will need to make a choice of using your Phone number, a different email address, Phone application, or a Hardware Security Key.

Follow these steps to set it up:

1. Go to https://tinyurl.com/YESGoogle2Step or lookup "Google 2 Step Verification" on Google Search and it should be the first result.
2. Sign in with your YES Charter academy email address
3. If you have already signed into your work account on your phone, you can get prompts sent to your phone from google which is also another secure way of getting into your account. All you have to do is click Continue at the bottom right and finish the setup process.
   
4. If you prefer another option, please select the "Show More Options" before you click continue. Some Include more advanced technical options.
5. 1. Now you need to setup the backup option. We will be having a text sent to our phone for the sake of demonstration. Afterwards, click "Send"
6. Check your Phone Messages for a code that looks like this:
   G-413067
   Input only the Numbers not the "G-"
   
7. One last question it will ask you is if you want to turn on the feature! And of course, we are going to click "Turn On"
   
8. Once you have completed that, it will say at the top 2-Step Verification is ON, if you change your mind, you can always turn it off. Speak to the YES IT Department if need be. The YES IT Department does not suggest you do so.
   

If you are having trouble with this process, all you have to do is send a ticket to helpdesk@yescharteracademy.org