Use LastPass to create and store your passwords

Overview 

LastPass is a password manager and can be used to create secure passwords and can store your passwords. LastPass is free to use unless you need to share a password with your team. If you need to share a password, we can look at purchasing a licensed version of LastPass which is about $46/year/user. 

Creating and Storing a password with LastPass

  1. Install LastPass on your default browser
  2. Click the LastPass extension to expand the menu
  3. Click Generator
  4. You can select the follow options in the generate password menu:
    1. Length
    2. Type of characters you'd like to include: uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and/or symbols


       
  5. Once the password has been generated, you can store it in a secure note to reference
    1. Click the Copy button next to the generated password:
    2. Click Vault
    3. Click + 
    4. Click Add password
    5. Fill out the password information:
      1. URL for the website or name of the application
      2. Username
      3. Site password
    6. Then you can search LastPass for the password you saved. Once you find the password you saved you can copy and paste it into your application as needed. 
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