A phishing email is an email that appears legitimate but is actually an attempt to get your personal information or steal your money. Some deceptive emails appear to be from a safe sender but, in fact, have a "spoofed" source address to fool you. Here are some ways to deal with phishing and spoofing scams in Outlook.com. Spoof intelligence in Exchange Online Protection helps prevent phishing ...

Learn how to manage your Microsoft account security info and troubleshoot verification code issues.

Using Authenticator as a way to sign in If you have turned on passwordless, two-step, or multi-factor authentication for your account, use the following steps to sign-in: Go to the site where you want to sign in. Enter your username at the sign-in prompt and select Next. Select Send notification.

These steps will help guide you when filling out the account recovery form.

Learn how to add all your different accounts to the Microsoft Authenticator app.

Whenever you sign in to your Microsoft account, you may also get sign-in approval notifications in the Outlook mobile app. You will see sign-in requests appear either on the lock screen or in the Outlook mobile app. You'll also be able to get one-time passcodes, which you can copy/paste into other sign-in screens.

Learn how to sign in to your Outlook or Hotmail mailbox using your Microsoft account.

The type of support Microsoft provides for consumers depends on the product you're calling about and if you have a product for home or for business use. It can also depend on if you want help for an issue with a service like OneDrive or Outlook.com, or help with Windows, but you don't have an existing Microsoft 365 subscription.

Hotmail is now Outlook.com To sign in to Hotmail, you'll need your Microsoft account username and password. Sign in at outlook.live.com

Learn what version of Outlook you're using, and get link for setup, how to import and export email, contacts, and calendar.