
What Is Two-Step Verification: Introduction to Get Started
Learn what two-step verification is and why it’s useful.
In this section, you will learn how to enhance your security by adding what is also known as two-factor authentication. You will see how to configure and enforce it, how to generate backup codes, and more.
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Learn what two-step verification is and why it’s useful.
Enable or disable the ability to set up two-step verification.
Configure two-step verification for your account.
Turn off two-step verification.
Generate backup two-step verification codes to avoid getting locked out.
Start receiving verification codes at another phone number.
Learn when you need to generate an app-specific password.
Go step by step to create an app-specific password.
Remember a device as trusted to bypass two-step there.
Remove a device as trusted to stop bypassing two-step there.
Learn how to use the Authenticator app as an alternative second-step verification method.
Learn how to use Google prompts as an alternative second-step verification method.
Learn how to use a security key as an alternative second-step verification method.
Enforce two-step verification so that users can’t turn it off.
Exclude users in an organizational unit from two-step verification enforcement.
Exclude users in a Group from two-step verification enforcement.
Check if users have enabled two-step verification or not.
Turn off a user’s two-step verification.
Generate codes used to bypass the default two-step verification method.
View and revoke app-specific passwords.
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