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.

With Teams Premium and Virtual Appointments, you can send your customers confirmation and reminder SMS text messages to make sure they have their appointment information and have a simple way to join an appointment no matter where they are.

Check the Xbox services, games, and apps for any service outages.

Find app notifications from the taskbar in Windows 11, and in Windows 10, use quick actions to change settings quickly as well.

Check for Windows updates. Learn how to update drivers in Windows using Device Manager to update or reinstall a driver.

If you pre-ordered a game and want to cancel, you can do so up to 10 days before the game launches at: Order history. 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.

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.

In Microsoft Teams (free) in Windows 11, you can get SMS text messages when you link your Android device with Link to Windows. You can quickly and easily get to the things you use every day—your contacts, SMS text messages, create Meet now links for video chats, and see notifications.

Contact Microsoft Support. Find solutions to common problems, or get help from a support agent.