Add a new account to the Microsoft authenticator app. You can set up your work or school account on the Microsoft Authenticator app for Android or iOS. Important: If you already set up your work or school account in the Microsoft Authenticator app, you don't need to do it again.

If you're trying to add your Outlook.com account to Outlook or another mail app, you might need the POP, IMAP, or SMTP settings. You can find them below or by viewing them in your Outlook.com settings.

The Microsoft Edge feature that blocks pop-ups is effective in preventing websites from automatically opening a new window or tab, or a partial window on top of your current web page. This feature is turned on by default.

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This feature allows you to access your previously downloaded or synchronized email messages, calendar information, contacts, and tasks without an internet connection. Certain types of accounts, such as POP accounts, store their information in the Outlook Data File (.pst) format.

If your online mailbox is nearly full, you can export some items to an Outlook Data File (.pst). You can also use these files to create archives, project files, or backups from any Outlook account. To learn how, see Export or backup email, contacts, and calendar to an Outlook .pst file.

Optional data sharing is a personal setting that’s associated with an adult Xbox profile. That said, the setting that’s chosen by the first person to sign in to a given console determines whether optional console data gets shared for times when no one is signed in.

To learn how to import items after you've exported them, see Import email, contacts, and calendar from an Outlook .pst file. Note: Exporting and importing a mailbox using a .pst file isn't supported in new Outlook at this time.

Two-step verification (sometimes called multi-factor authentication) helps protect you by making it more difficult for someone else to sign in to your Microsoft account. It uses two different forms of identity: your password, and a contact method (also known as security info).

Header information appears in the Internet headers box. Tip: You can highlight the information in that box, press Ctrl+C to copy, and paste it into Notepad or Word to see the entire header at once. Learn how to view the Internet header information for an email message.