Third-party authenticators on Windows

With support of Third-party authenticator in MobilePASS+ will allow you to enroll any third-party authenticator (ex. Google, Microsoft, Facebook etc.) for different web applications to protect your personal and professional account. Before you can use third party authenticator to generate passcodes for verification, you must add that account with MobilePASS+.

Add third-party authenticators

To set up the MobilePASS+ Authenticator app as your verification method for two-factor authentication, follow the steps below:

1. Log in to the account you wish to add to MobilePASS+.
2. Navigate to the settings and locate the Add Authenticator section (this may vary depending on your account settings).
3. Under Add Authenticator, you will find multiple options for setup/enrollment, such as Scan QR Code, manual secret, or URL. Note that MobilePASS+ for Windows only supports manual secret enrollment using the secret key/code.
4. Open the Add Authenticator section in your third-party account. Click on Can’t Scan or Manually copy code to copy the secret key/code. Use this key in MobilePASS+ to enroll the third-party authenticator.
5. Open the MobilePASS+ app on your Windows device.
6. If you already have an authenticator enrolled with MobilePASS+, click on the icon from the authenticators screen. If you don’t have any authenticators, click on Use an activation string from the main window.
   
7. Enter copied secret key/ code and click Activate.
   
8. On the Key Confirmed page, enter Provider Name, Account Name, and click on Continue.
   
9. You will be re-directed to the Authenticators screen, where you can find the enrolled authenticator.
   

Third-party authenticator settings

In the authenticator settings, you can edit the Provider Name or Account Name for your enrolled authenticator, and you can also delete it from MobilePASS+.

To rename Provider Name or Account Name, follow the below steps:

1. Open the MobilePASS+ app.
2. Click on the icon for the authenticator to navigate to its settings.
3. Click on respective icon to edit Provider Name or Account Name.
4. Enter the new Provider Name or Account Name and click the icon.

To delete third party authenticator, follow the below steps:

1. Open the MobilePASS+ app.
2. Click on the icon for the authenticator you want to delete.
   
3. Confirm by clicking on the Delete this authenticator field.
4. Upon confirmation, the authenticator will be successfully deleted from the MobilePASS+ app.