Setup SMS-code

Last modified: 18. May 2023

1. Log in at https://myaccount.microsoft.com with your MATE ID (ending with @uni-mate.hu, e.g. Abc1234@uni-mate.hu) and the password you set on the JoKeR site. If you logged in successfully, click on the Security info menu.

2. On the Security info tab, click on the Add sign-in method link.

3. In the window that appears, select Phone from the drop-down menu, and click Add.

4. In the following window, select the country code, enter your phone number (including area code e.g. 301234567) and click Next.

5. In the new window, enter the code you received in text message and click Next to finish the authentication process.

6. After you entering the code you will receive a notification of successful phone registration. Click Done.

7. The SMS-code setup successful. You can use it for secondary authentication.

8. After activating multifactor authentication, you must enter the 6-digit SMS code sent to the registered phone number when you want to access M365 services (e.g. Outlook mail) from outside the university.
For that click on the Text +XX XXXXXXX link. It contains the last two digit of the registered phone number.