Chapters
- Invitation Email: Open the invitation email with the subject Activate your 1Password account.
- Join Now: Click the Sign in with Microsoft button within five days of receiving the invitation.
- Get to the dashboard where you will likely see it empty besides the default vaults it creates for you.
- Another technician will need to grant you access to the shared vaults. Once they provide access, you will see the vaults show up. You should not need to refresh the browser.
- When you are on the dashboard, select your name in the top right corner. Then select Get the Apps.
- You should get to a screen that shows you all the different options of using 1Password.
Phone setup
- On Android or iOS, go to the respective app store and install the 1Password App.
- Sign into the app using the QR code provided on the 1Password Apps screen.
- The phone app is going to widely be used as an authentication method for signing in to 1Password.
Desktop setup
- Download and install the appropriate operating system software type of 1Password.
- Use the Sign in using 1password.com method.
- It will require you to authenticate using your other 1Password devices (website, 1Password phone app, etc.)
- Once you are in you should have access to all your resources.
- It is recommended to turn off automatic updates as it can cause issues.
Note: The IT Department will automatically install the 1Password Application to your work computer at CCC and keep it updated for you.
Browser Extension Setup
- Install the Chrome extension to your web browser of choice. (Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave, etc.)
- Click on the extensions in your browser toolbar then click on 1Password >Menu (hamburger button) > Settings and make sure that it is set as your default password manager.
- This is very useful. It allows 1Password to automatically sign you into resources. It also has a built in MFA that generates codes and automatically enters them in for you as well.
- In order for everything to work smoothly, it is recommended to make sure all apps are up to date and synced.
In the website or apps
- Every password is stored in repositories call Vaults. Each of these vaults are locked by permissions that need to be granted to you by vault admins.
- The Employee vault is your own personal vault. Only you have access to this.
- The Shared vault is a vault everyone in your organization has access to.
- Other named/team vaults are vaults that only select people have access to. Permissions are based on job functionality and if you need to access the content or not.
- Each of these vaults you can access the username/email address and passwords of each accounts, very much like how Passwordstate was.
Saving and using passwords
- Just like with any password manager, it will allow you to store passwords at login pages of websites.
- One method of storing passwords is right on the login page of any website.
- Another method you can save passwords is after you log into the website. You will see a pop up that prompts you to save passwords too. You can specify which vault you want to store them in.
- The last method is to create a username and password on 1Password itself. This can be useful if you want an auto generated password to help add security for your accounts.
- When the passwords are stored, you will then be able to use them when you sign in to the website.
- One benefit of the 1Password system is everyone is granted a free license to the Family Plan for personal use. This requires you to create your own personal account with 1Password and control your personal passwords seperately from the organization. Your passwords cannot be seen by the organization as it is an entire different account.
- If the college moves away from 1Password or if your college account is seperated from 1Password, your personal 1Password account will be put into a "read only" mode unless you want to actually pay for your own license.