Add an account to Okta Verify by using a sign-in URL on Windows devices
On Windows devices, you can add an account to Okta Verify by signing-in to your org's Okta account.
Note for administrators: Okta Verify for Windows is only available on Okta Identity Engine.
Okta Verify features are available based on configurations made by your organization.
Before you begin
- Confirm that you are using the correct software versions. See Supported platforms, browsers, and operating systems.
- Open the Okta Welcome/Activation email from your organization. This email includes a link to Your organization's sign-in page and Your username (typically, it's your email address). You need this information to set up your account. If you didn't receive the email, contact your company’s Help desk.
Follow these guidelines before you add an account to Okta Verify on a second desktop device:
- To enroll in Okta Verify on multiple desktop devices, you must enroll with an additional authentication factor (for example, Yubikey, SMS, or Okta Verify with Push), which you can use to sign in on the additional desktop devices.
- If your first Okta Verify enrollment is on a desktop device, your next Okta Verify enrollment can only be on a mobile device. Open your organization’s Okta account on your desktop, go to Okta Verify, click Set up, and then select your device type. A QR code appears on the screen. From your mobile device, scan the QR code to enroll.
If you try to set up Okta Verify on a second desktop device without following the above guidelines, you will be prompted repeatedly to enroll using Okta Verify, which is not possible in this circumstance.
Start this task
- Open Okta Verify.
- Click Get started.
- Click Next.
- Enter your organization’s sign-in URL, and then click Next.
- In the new tab that opened, enter your username.
- Click Next.
- Enter your password.
- Click Verify.
- Close the browser tab.
- As applicable, complete one of the following:
If your device supports Windows Hello, Windows Hello is not currently configured on your device, and your organization gives you the option of using it: click Set up, and then follow the screen prompts to set up Windows Hello; or, click Not now, to set it up later.
If your device supports Windows Hello and your organization requires it, click Set up, and then place a finger on the Windows Hello sensor when prompted to set up Windows Hello.
If your device does not support Windows Hello and your organization requires it, click Got it. You will not be able to add an account. Contact your admin.
- As applicable, complete one of the following:
If Windows Hello is optional, click Enable to enable Windows Hello, or Not now to skip the Windows Hello setup.
If Windows Hello is required, click Enable to enable Windows Hello.
- If this is not your first Okta Verify account, click Set default to set this account as your default Okta FastPass account, or click Skip. You can go to your Account details screen at any time to make changes to the default Okta FastPass account.
For example, click Start and search for Okta Verify, click the Okta Verify desktop shortcut, or if the app is running, from the Windows system tray, right-click the .
Your sign-in URL is the web address you use in your browser to access your company’s portal. Open the Okta Welcome/Activation email from your organization. This email includes the Your organization's sign-in page link.
The Check your browser screen appears.
A Your identity has been verified message displays.
The Account added screen verifies that your account was successfully added to Okta Verify, and then the Accounts screen appears.
The Accounts screen lists all the accounts that are set up in your Okta Verify app.
