How to Fix Google Gmail Error – Your Sign-in Settings Don’t Meet Your Organizations 2-Step Verification Policy
When 2FA is turned on in Google Workspace, you may run into an issue where Gmail users get an error message, per some help from reddit, this is how to fix the alert that Your sign-in settings don’t meet your organizations 2-Step Verification policy.
First off, you will not be able to log in without the assistance of your Google Workspace administrator.
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Here is a step by step guide on how to fix the when your sign-in settings don’t meet your Google’s 2-step verification sign-in error
- Log into admin.google.com
- Click ‘Users’
- Find and select the User
- Select the ‘Security’ Tab
- Click ‘Login Challenge’
- Turn off Login challenges for 10 minutes
- Go to 2-Step Verification and copy a backup code. Provide the backup code to the employee
- Have the employee attempt login to gmail and when it prompts you for MFA or says to click TRY ANOTHER WAY to select the backup code option
- Enter the backup code
- Click on your initial in the upper right corner and select MANAGE YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT
- Select Security and then add a 2-Step Verification settings and remove any old phone numbers or email addresses
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