How Do I Authenticate with a Phone Call?

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  Authenticating via phone call is ONLY available to UWSP students and affiliates.

To use phone call authentication you must first add a phone number in your UWSP Microsoft account.

How to Authenticate Using Phone Calls

 

If phone calls are set as your default authentication method:

  • You will automatically receive a call when authenticating with MFA.
     

To use phone authentication if the Microsoft Authenticator app is set as your default:

  1. Sign in with your UWSP account.
  2. In the Approve Sign-in request prompt that opens click I can't use my Microsoft Authenticator app right now.
  3. Choose Call.

 

Contact the Service Desk if you have trouble signing in to your account!

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Article ID: 1715
Created
Tue 12/3/24 12:48 PM
Modified
Mon 3/9/26 12:09 PM

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