The Phone Link supports messages sent by Short Message Service (SMS). It also supports Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) messaging. You can still send your favorite photos and GIFs from your PC.

If your system is asking you for your BitLocker recovery key, the following information may help you locate your recovery key and understand why you're being asked to provide it. Important: Microsoft support is unable to provide, or recreate, a lost BitLocker recovery key.

Chat or receive a call back from a technical support expert: If you have a Microsoft 365 Basic, Microsoft 365 Personal, or Microsoft 365 Family subscription, get questions answered from anywhere via chat or request to receive a call back from one of our technical support experts.

The cost of sending an SMS from Skype varies according to the country you’re sending it to. You'll need to have some Skype Credit – sending text messages is not covered by our subscriptions. To check the SMS message rates to any destination: Go to our rates page and type the country you want to text into the search box.

Detailed information about downloading and using Microsoft Authenticator in China. The Microsoft Authenticator app helps you sign into your accounts when you're using two-step verification.

You can start a one-to-one chat with SMS participants in Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Great Britain, India, Mexico, and the United States. SMS participants from other countries will receive an invite to join Microsoft Teams (free); once they join, you can start a chat with them.

After this time, you may be billed, and you’ll need to request a refund to cancel your order. For more info about digital game pre-orders, see: Pre-order Xbox digital games in the Microsoft Store. Visit the links below to find out about refunds for other types of products: Xbox subscription cancellations and refunds.

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.

Push notifications and in-app messages: If you're using either of our iOS or Android apps you will receive in-app messages or push notifications. These are delivered to the GroupMe app using your data plan.

Find your notifications. Windows 11 puts notifications in Notification Center—right on the taskbar—where you can get to them instantly. Notifications at a glance. Select the date and time in the taskbar to open the Notification Center.