Hotmail is now Outlook.com To sign in to Hotmail, you'll need your Microsoft account username and password. Sign in at outlook.live.com

Using Authenticator as a way to sign in If you have turned on passwordless, two-step, or multi-factor authentication for your account, use the following steps to sign-in: Go to the site where you want to sign in. Enter your username at the sign-in prompt and select Next. Select Send notification.

The Microsoft Authenticator app helps you sign into your accounts when you're using two-step verification.

Whenever you sign in to your Microsoft account, you may also get sign-in approval notifications in the Outlook mobile app. You will see sign-in requests appear either on the lock screen or in the Outlook mobile app. You'll also be able to get one-time passcodes, which you can copy/paste into other sign-in screens.

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If you’re tired of having to remember or reset your password, try using a FIDO2–compliant security key to sign in to your Microsoft account instead. What is a security key? A security key is a physical device that you can use instead of your user name and password to sign in. Since it needs to be unlocked with a fingerprint or PIN, even if someone has your security key, they won’t be ...

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 ...

Learn how to sign in and create app passwords for Microsoft apps and devices that don't support two-step verification.

Hotmail is now Outlook.com To sign in to Hotmail, you'll need your Microsoft account username and password. Sign in at outlook.live.com

Learn how to use Azure Authenticator with Microsoft 365. It makes 2-step verification really easy!