Method. Used for. Authenticator app. Two-factor verification and password reset authentication. Text messages. Two-factor verification and password reset authentication.

If you get an email about unusual activity on your Microsoft account, or if you’re worried that someone else might have used your account, go to the Recent activity page.You’ll see when your Microsoft account was signed in during the last 30 days, along with any device or app-specific info.

Under Customize toolbar, for Show favorites bar, do one of the following:. To turn on the favorites bar, select Always.

Next steps. After you register your personal device to your organization's network, you should be able to access most of your resources. If your organization wants you to join your work device, see Join your work device to your organization's network.

You can use any phone number that can receive text messages; it doesn’t need to be associated with your account. We won't use or give out the phone number, and the code sent to it will expire after 10 minutes.

Notes: You can either use an email address you own as a Microsoft account, or create a new address by choosing "Get a new email address" or "Use your email instead" when you sign up.

Review your device details, select the check box, I'm ready to remove this device, then select Remove.

Select OK.Type a password in both the Password and Verify Password text boxes and select OK again.. If you set a password, you must enter it every time that the data file is opened — for example, when Outlook starts or when you open the data file in Outlook.

Learn how to join a Microsoft Teams meeting if you don't have an account. Join a Teams meeting as a guest in the Windows app or on the web.

When you need to protect the privacy of an email message, encrypt it. Encrypting an email message in Outlook means it's converted from readable plain text into scrambled cipher text.