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[Action] Two-Step Verification Becomes Mandatory for Sales Navigator starting Apr 22

  • April 9, 2025
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Eva Former Community Manager
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Introduced optionally last quarter, Two-step Verification (2SV) adds an extra layer of security by requiring users to verify logins via text or an authenticator app. This quarter, 2SV becomes mandatory for every license holder, rolling out between Apr 22 and Jun 9. Once 2SV is available for your contract, you will have two weeks (14 days) to complete the setup.

 

This helps protect sensitive data and ensures a more secure experience for your team. We care deeply about offering Sales Navigator customers trusted experiences, and Two-step Verification helps ensure that your Sales Navigator account is protected from unwanted access. Enabling 2SV is quick and seamless with just a few clicks. 

Once this is mandatory, users will be blocked from logging into Sales Navigator until Two-step Verification has been set up.

 

‼️ Read on to prevent from being locked out of Sales Navigator:

  • Each user must enable 2SV — this cannot be set up by admins.
  • Users are currently being prompted to initiate 2SV directly in the product daily and will see a 14-day countdown (shown below) two weeks prior to your account’s mandatory date.
  • If you haven’t enabled 2SV by your mandatory set up date, you will be blocked from logging into Sales Navigator until it’s been set up.
  • Note: 2SV is not mandatory for users logging into Sales Navigator with SSO (single sign-on).

If you are a Sales Navigator Admin or Program Manager, here’s an email template (along with a few resources) you can leverage to notify your team and encourage them to set it up in advance. 

 

If you have any questions regarding Two-step Verification, please visit this FAQ on our Help Center or comment below.

 

Thank you,
Eva C.

10 replies

Sinchu Raju
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  • May 13, 2025

Thanks for the heads-up, ​@Eva_Community Program Manager! This is a great move to enhance security. I’ve already enabled 2SV and encourage everyone to do it early to avoid disruptions. Better safe than locked out!

– Sinchu


Kamille_Former Cmty Manager
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Thanks for the heads-up, ​@Eva_Community Program Manager! This is a great move to enhance security. I’ve already enabled 2SV and encourage everyone to do it early to avoid disruptions. Better safe than locked out!

– Sinchu

Couldn’t word it better myself, “better safe than locked out”! 😄

 

-Kamille


Domenica Gorini
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Is anyone else having trouble with the two step authentication? I’m not receiving any of the emails in my hotmail account for some reason. Even when I use microsoft authenticator and my mobile number it never registers that I’ve completed the authentication. In my settings it’s never toggled on. It’s so strange. Now I get an error message to try again later. I’ve opened a ticket. 


Sinchu Raju
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  • May 22, 2025

Is anyone else having trouble with the two step authentication? I’m not receiving any of the emails in my hotmail account for some reason. Even when I use microsoft authenticator and my mobile number it never registers that I’ve completed the authentication. In my settings it’s never toggled on. It’s so strange. Now I get an error message to try again later. I’ve opened a ticket. 

Good call on opening a ticket. In the meantime, you might try clearing your browser cache, switching browsers, or temporarily using a different device. Sometimes that can help the authentication process register properly. Hope it gets resolved soon ​@Domenica Gorini 


Domenica Gorini
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Thanks so much! 


Kamille_Former Cmty Manager
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Hi ​@Domenica Gorini, please keep us updated here, I hope support is able to help you with this soon! 🤗

 

-Kamille


Domenica Gorini
Community Newcomer
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Did everything you suggested Sinchu. Didn’t work. 
They closed my help ticket not sure why. When I click the case link it says you have none. 


Sinchu Raju
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  • May 24, 2025

Did everything you suggested Sinchu. Didn’t work. 
They closed my help ticket not sure why. When I click the case link it says you have none. 

Hey ​@Domenica Gorini  — that sounds really frustrating. Since the ticket got closed, I’d suggest reopening it or submitting a new one with all the steps you've tried. Also, check your junk/spam folders just in case those 2FA emails got filtered. ​@Kamille_Community Manager can you help on this.


Kamille_Former Cmty Manager
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Did everything you suggested Sinchu. Didn’t work. 
They closed my help ticket not sure why. When I click the case link it says you have none. 

Hey ​@Domenica Gorini  — that sounds really frustrating. Since the ticket got closed, I’d suggest reopening it or submitting a new one with all the steps you've tried. Also, check your junk/spam folders just in case those 2FA emails got filtered. ​@Kamille_Community Manager can you help on this.

I would do exactly what ​@Sinchu Raju recommended with opening a new ticket, very sorry for the issue!

 

-Kamille


Domenica Gorini
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I’m emailing back and forth with a rep. Nothing has come to spam/junk.