Create an Account

The content below describes how to create an account in Specops Authentication.

Navigate to Specops Authentication.
On the Select data center page, identify the data center you want to use and click Go.

Note

Specops Authentication is hosted in multiple data centers. There are currently two data centers available: EU (Europe) and NA (North America).

Warning

Ensure that you select the data center you would like your account to be created in. You cannot change data centers after your account has been created.
In the Your organization's name field, enter the name of your organization.
In the Your organization's domain name field, enter a domain name.
In the Primary Contact Name field, enter a name. Ideally, this should be the name of the person setting up the account.
In the Primary Contact Email field, enter the email address associated with the primary contact.
Enter a checkmark for every product you have licensed.
Enter a checkmark for any additional packages you have licensed.
Agree to the Terms of Service by inserting a checkmark.
Click Continue.

Cloud Account page

On the Cloud Accounts page, you must create your first Cloud Account. This Cloud Account is required in order to perform the rest of the installation.
- In the Cloud account email address field, enter the email address that you want to associate with this Cloud Account. A suffix will be added to the email address, to differentiate this Cloud Account from an on-premises account with the same email address/UPN.
- The Full cloud account name field is read-only. The full Cloud Account name is automatically generated from the email address/UPN that you have specified in the Cloud account email address field.
Click Continue.
A code will be sent to the email address you provided. Input the code into the Code field and click Confirm.

To register your mobile phone with your Cloud Account, enter your mobile phone number with the correct country code and click Send. You will receive a code on your mobile phone, enter it on the screen to authenticate.

On the Cloud Account password page, enter and confirm the password you would like to use for this Cloud Account and click OK. This is the password you will sign in with for your Cloud Account going forward.

Note

The policy for this password cannot be altered.

The steps below are only necessary if you intend to install Specops Authentication Gatekeeper.

You will be signed in to the Admin section of Specops Authentication Web. Here you will be able to create a new Gatekeeper. A Gatekeeper is required to sign in with Active Directory accounts.
Click the Create new Gatekeeper button. On the download page, you will see the self-extracting installation package and activation code. Click copy next to the Activation Code to store it in the clipboard. If you are not currently on the server the Gatekeeper will be installed on, make a note of the activation code.
Click Download next to Default self-extracting installation package. The package contains the installation files for the Gatekeeper and your configuration information. By default, the package will be downloaded to your Downloads folder.
- Ensure that you have a server ready for installing the package.
- Take note of the activation code displayed on the page, as you will be prompted for it during installation.
Copy the installation package to your server if it's not already there, and run the installation file on your server.

To continue with the Gatekeeper installation, refer to Install Specops Authentication Gatekeeper.