Activating your new @mydre.org account

Activating your new @mydre.org account

To access your myDRE workspace at mydre.org, you first need to activate your @mydre.org account. 

Below, we explain the steps in this activation process, along with screenshots for illustration.

Prerequisite:
  1. @mydre.org username
  2. temporary one-time password
You should have received an email with both to your email. If not, please check that you have given a correct email address when creating the account and check your spam folder. 

Warning
Important! You must use your @mydre.org account for mydre.org—NOT your work or university email (@radboudumc.nl, @erasmusmc.nl, @umcutrecht.nl, etc.).

Step-by-step instructions

1. Go to mydre.org, and click on Login to myDRE
2. Enter your myDRE username and click Next

Important! If you see the following screen, Click on 'Use a different account'. 


3. Fill in your @mydre.org username, and click on 'Next'.



4. Fill in the temporary one-time password provided to you, click on 'Next'. You will be prompted to change your password later.

Configure your Multi-Factor Authentication

Fill in your preferred Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) settings. We recommend Authentication through mobile app, which is the Authenticator app from Microsoft.

Depending on your choice, you will need to perform a number of additional steps to set up the MFA. Here steps for Microsoft Authenticator app

5. You will be asked to configure your Multi-Factor Authentication via Microsoft Authenticator app, click Next


6. If you do not have Microsoft Authenticator app installed on your phone yet, please do so now, click Next
 

7. Select in Microsoft Authenticator app "Add account" > Work or School, click Next in the screen shown below

8. Scan the QR code shown on the screen with your phone, follow instructions from the screen and your app to configure the MFA. 
9. Once your MFA has been successfully configured you will see this message, click Complete. 


10. You can adjust your Security configurations, password and MFA configurations (e.g passwordless & hardware keys) under https://myaccount.microsoft.com/

Change your temporary password

If not automatically prompted to change your password during the first login, please logout and login again. 

  1. Once you use your temporary password you will see the following screen where you will be asked to fill in your current password and new password twice:
  1. You have successfully set up your new password.
Now, finally, you have activated your account.

IdeaRemember: use your @mydre.org account to log into myDRE. Not your e-mail address!

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