Adding passkeys to Microsoft Authenticator
Make sure Microsoft Authenticator is upgraded to the latest version before starting this process.
1. Open Microsoft Authenticator on your phone.
2. Click on the Scotch College Adelaide account with your school email.
3. Click 'Create a passkey' - If you already see 'Passkey', which shows 'Passkey details' when you click on it, you have already completed this process and can skip step 4
4. You will be asked to complete multifactor authentication and then it should say 'Passkey created'.
If you have any problems with this process please contact IT for assistance, if this worked complete the 'Enabling passkey auto login' below.
Enabling passkey auto login on Apple/IOS
1. Open Settings on your phone
2. Search for 'autofill and passwords'
3. Make sure 'Authenticator' is ticked
Next time you login to ScotchLife, Email or any other service on your phone, click 'Sign-in options' and then 'Face, fingerprint or security key' and you can login with the passkey.
Enabling passkey auto login on Android
1. Open Settings on your phone
2. Search for Passwords & accounts (could be called Passwords, passkeys and accounts)
3. Ensure Authenticator is ticked under 'Additional providers'
Logging in with passkeys to other devices
If you want to login to other devices with your passkey, you can follow these instructions.
1. At the Microsoft login screen select 'sign-in options'
2. Select face, fingerprint or security key.
3. Select 'iPhone, iPad or Android device' if prompted.
4. A QR code will appear, scan the QR code with the camera app on your passkey enabled device. This will allow you to log in without a password.
