Creating an online account usually involves entering your information into a form containing multiple fields, such as name, email address, date of birth, password, and more.

Office 2013 clients (including Outlook) support new authentication protocols and can be used with two-step verification. This support means that after two-step verification is turned on, you'll no longer need app passwords for Office 2013 clients.

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