Get more out of your email with Outlook.com. We've streamlined search to make it easier than ever to find what you're looking for. New features like Files and attachment previews let you see your pictures and files without leaving your inbox.

To change notification settings for individual senders, under Get notifications from these senders, turn a notification sender either on or off—or select a sender's name and then turn on or turn off notification banners, lock screen privacy, turn notification sounds on or off, and set the priority of notifications.

Look up a forgotten username using other information. Look up your username using your security contact phone number or email address. Search

Training: Microsoft Teams is a collaboration app built for hybrid work to help you and your team stay informed, organized, and connected. Learn how in this video.

In Outlook, you have the flexibility to make Outlook work online or offline with your mail server. Select a tab option below for the version of Outlook you're using.

Use email templates to send messages that include information that infrequently changes from message to message. Compose and save a message as a template, and then reuse it when you want it.

Look in the Surface app. The easiest way to find which Surface model you have is to use the Surface app. It shows the model name of your Surface device and each Surface accessory.

Learn how to tell if your Office software is genuine. To help determine if your Microsoft software is genuine, go to our How to Tell site for more information. Here you'll learn about authentic packaging, including what to look for with product key labels, and Certificate of Authenticity (COA), how to report counterfeit software, and find out what your shopping and licensing options are.

Why does my reading pane have a dark background? When dark mode is turned on, the reading pane has a dark background to reduce eye strain. You can make the reading pane brighter by selecting at the top of the reading pane. If you don't see the button, select .

Composing and reading plain text messages - Plain text messages will be received by the other person with a standard font, but if you want to use a nicer font when you're writing the message you can. Just understand that font won't be sent with the message.