On iOS do what Apple calls a "Light, long-press". Never click any links or attachments in suspicious emails or Teams messages. If you receive a suspicious message from an organization and worry the message could be legitimate, go to your web browser and open a new tab.

A phishing email is an email that appears legitimate but is actually an attempt to get your personal information or steal your money. Some deceptive emails appear to be from a safe sender but, in fact, have a "spoofed" source address to fool you. Here are some ways to deal with phishing and spoofing scams in Outlook.com. Spoof intelligence in Exchange Online Protection helps prevent phishing ...

Here are the most likely causes for an unrecognized charge: A Microsoft subscription has recurring billing enabled. Someone you know, such as a family member, bought something with your card. You can now investigate this on the Manage your payments page. A previously declined charge was charged again. A pre-order or split order was shipped. Someone made an in-app purchase from an app, game, or ...

Restore account credentials from Microsoft Authenticator You can restore or recover your account credentials saved by Microsoft Authenticator. Note: You can only backup and restore on the same device type. For example, accounts backed up using an iOS device cannot be restored on an Android device.

Learn how to manage your Microsoft 365 subscription and billing if you purchased it through a third-party retailer.

Want to add a padlock to your email messages? You can use encryption and digital signatures in new Outlook, classic Outlook, and Outlook on the web for work or school accounts to increase the security of messages. Encrypting an email message in Outlook means it's converted from readable plain text into scrambled cipher text. Only the recipient who has the private key that matches the public ...

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Caution: As soon as you create a new recovery code, any previous codes will no longer work.

Collect the required information from your email provider Before checking your advanced settings, you'll need to look on your email provider's website, or contact your email provider, to determine the correct server settings. You'll need the following information: Incoming and outgoing email server address Incoming and outgoing email server ports Does the outgoing server require authentication ...

Microsoft Copilot is your AI companion designed to help you with a range of tasks and activities. Activity history is a record of the things you type in Copilot and the AI-assisted responses you receive from Copilot. To manage your Copilot activity history, start by signing in to the privacy dashboard with your Microsoft account. Manage activity history for the Copilot app To manage your ...