Bitwarden is compliant with Multifactor Authentication functionality. What that means is when an account has the option or requirements for MFA or TOTP to verify a user’s identity, Bitwarden can store the code or link necessary to receive the six-digit code live as it changes. This document will walk you through the process of setting that up for individually stored credentials.
Note: This document will be using a Microsoft account as an example to illustrate parts of this process, but your experience may vary from account to account.
1.) Log into the account in question, go into its security settings and see if there’s an option to add an authenticator app.
2.) Most sites allow you to scan a QR code by default when you set this up, but we want the MFA or TOTP code. This is usually located somewhere on the same page as the QR code, or you may have to click a link that says something like “set this up manually” or “get the link here”. You will need to copy that information for later.
3.) Open your Bitwarden vault and find the credentials you want to add MFA functionality to and edit it
4.) Paste the information you copied earlier into the field labeled “Authenticator Key (TOTP)”
5.) Save the change, and then if you open your saved credentials again, you’ll see a six-digit code that will change when the counter hits zero.