D93 Google Two Factor Authentication

⚠️ Important: Act Now! ⚠️

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is now mandatory for all District 93 Google staff accounts. For your security, you will be prompted to set up 2FA during your initial login; skipping this step provides only temporary access and will result in your account being automatically locked. Once locked, you will be unable to sign in and must contact the Technology Department to restore access and complete your security setup.

Please be aware that when you update a phone number or recovery email address, Google enforces a 7-day waiting period before the text message or email method can be used for two-factor authentication. This is a standard Google security measure enforced on all accounts that cannot be bypassed.
During this 7-day period, you will need to continue using the backup codes provided to you or configure an alternative two-factor authentication method that does not require the waiting period. 

⚠️ Gaining Access after initial login? ⚠️

If you can't log in because of: 

• Updated Phone Number
• New Phone
• Don't have 2FA setup

You will need to contact technology department through a work order to have temporary access to your google account. To ensure permanent access, you must manually update your 2FA credentials by navigating to your Google Account Security settings immediately. Once there, you can add or update your recovery phone number and authentication methods to secure your account and avoid future lockouts.

You can navigate to your google settings here:
https://myaccount.google.com/

Or through your Gmail here:

From the Google Account main page, we will navigate to the security tab on the left, and then click the arrow within the 2-Step Verification line.

From this next page we can see our 2-Step Verification methods we have setup. If there is a phone number already setup it will show here, and by clicking on the arrow we can go to change that number. (It will make you input your Google Password again before changing this). 

After changing the number, Google will prompt you for verification by immediately sending a code to this new number, after successful verification you have updated/changed your google 2FA number.