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Microsoft Authenticator helps you sign in to your accounts if you've forgotten your password, use two-step verification or multi-factor authentication, or have gone passwordless on your account.
Add Authenticator as a way to sign in every time. Using a one-time password code increases account security. This is called two-step verification. Add Authenticator as the only way to sign in - just tap an approval on your phone to sign in. This is called going passwordless.
Microsoft Authenticator is a free app that helps you sign in to all your accounts without using a password - just use a fingerprint, face recognition, or a PIN. You can use Authenticator to sign in to your Microsoft personal, work, school or other accounts.
Two-step verification (sometimes called multi-factor authentication) helps protect you by making it more difficult for someone else to sign in to your Microsoft account. It uses two different forms of identity: your password, and a contact method (also known as security info).
Microsoft Authenticator acts as a secure repository for your account credentials to help you authenticate and access various applications conveniently. Authenticator may list inactive accounts that are created by other applications that use Authenticator for single sign-on support.
The Microsoft Authenticator app helps you sign into your accounts when you're using two-step verification.
Verify your Outlook.com account to prove that you're a human and not an automated program that sends spam.
By setting up MFA, you add an extra layer of security to your Microsoft 365 account sign-in. For example, you first enter your password and, when prompted, you also type a dynamically generated verification code provided by an authenticator app or sent to your phone.
Go to Add Account, select Personal Microsoft Account, and then sign in using your username and password. For your work or school account, your organization decides whether to allow one-click notifications.
Sign in to your recovery account using the personal Microsoft account you used during the backup process. Your account credentials will be recovered to the new device. On your mobile device, open Authenticator, and select Begin recovery .