Within several days, all 3 were “Temporarily Suspended”! Microsoft claim was that these accounts had been used in a manner that they violated their terms of use. I tested each one by sending a single email. Over a time period of a year or so, I created 3 Outlook accounts one for me to take advantage of email aliases, one for a not so tech savvy friend to exchange pics of my Road Trip, and one for my father so he could migrate from Gmail. If you want to receive alerts (when Microsoft finds unusual activity on your account), click Change alert options link on the same page, and simply check the box next to your phone number. That’s it! You have successfully changed or added your phone number to your Microsoft account. And if you opted for a call, you will receive a call from Microsoft to verity the contact number. Finally, enter the code received on the phone in the field and then click Next button. Step 9: If you have chosen text method to verify your number, you will receive a code to your phone. Step 8: Select A phone number from the first drop-down box, select your country, enter your phone number which you want to associate with your Microsoft account, and select a method to verify the contact number (text or call). Step 7: Now, on the same page, click Add security info link. When you see the confirmation dialog, click Remove button to remove the phone number from your account. If you don’t have a contact number for your account, skip to the next step to add one.

To change your Microsoft account phone number, click the Remove link next to your contact number.

Step 6: Upon successfully verifying your identity, you will see this page with security information. Click the Submit button to verify your identity. Step 4: Clicking the Update info button will take you to the following page where you need to verify your identity by either selecting your current contact number or secondary email address.Ĭhoose one of the options, enter last four digits of your phone number currently associated with your Microsoft account or type the secondary email address, and then click Send code button to receive the verification code to your phone number or secondary email address. Step 3: On this page, you should see options to change your password, update security information, and review recent activity. Step 2: Once you sign-in, you will see the following page with various details about your Microsoft account.

Verify identity windows 10