In early 2024, National Public Data, an online background check and fraud prevention service, experienced a significant data breach. This breach allegedly exposed up to 2.9 billion records with highly sensitive personal data of up to 170M people in the US, UK, and Canada (Bloomberg Law).

If you can't sign into your Microsoft account, most issues can be identified by our sign-in helper tool. The tool will ask you to enter the email address or mobile phone number you're trying to sign in with and check the details you provide.

Cast to an external display from your Windows PC. You can wirelessly connect your PC to a TV, projector, or other kind of external display that supports Miracast. Turn on your TV, projector, or other display. If you're using a Miracast dongle or adapter, make sure it's plugged in to the display.

Explore Microsoft Office help and training resources. Find how-to articles, video tutorials, and additional support for Office apps.

Having trouble connecting to your email from Outlook on your desktop? Follow these steps to let Outlook diagnose and fix errors in your Outlook mail profile that might be causing the issue.

Learn more about our Xbox subscription refund policy. You can receive a refund within 30 days of your initial purchase or before your first recurring billing date (whichever is sooner) by canceling your subscription in the steps that are outlined in the section “Canceling a subscription.”.

Microsoft 365 Family subscribers can share subscription benefits with up to five other people in their family group by sending an email or copying & sharing a link. Important: Sharing is only possible if the invitee joins the subscription owners' family group.

Ineligible enforcements include those with shorter duration periods, content takedowns with no accompanying service suspension, and suspensions that are no longer active. Sign in to your account to view your enforcements. Find out how to submit a case review and learn more about your Xbox enforcements.

Learn how to sign in and create app passwords for Microsoft apps and devices that don't support two-step verification.

When you upgrade to a Game Pass plan that includes benefits of a subscription you already have, we’ll convert remaining prepaid time and apply it toward your new plan at the current conversion ratio. See below for Game Pass Ultimate and Game Pass Standard upgrade details.