{"id":39465,"date":"2013-04-17T20:22:32","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T18:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=39465"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:30:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:30:31","slug":"microsoft-rolls-out-two-step-verification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/microsoft-rolls-out-two-step-verification\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft rolls out two-step verification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"microsoft rolls out two-step verification\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/microsoft-rolls-out-two-step-verification\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37850 alignright\" title=\"MSFT icon\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/03\/MSFT-icon.jpg\" alt=\"MSFT icon\" width=\"125\" height=\"121\" \/><\/a>Last week I reported that Microsoft was <a title=\"microsoft accounts will get two-step verification soon\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/microsoft-accounts-will-get-two-step-verification-soon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">working on two-step verification<\/a> for users accounts and today you can enable it. Two-step verification adds a layer of protection to your Microsoft account by requiring a randomly generated code when you sign into a new browser or device. It&#8217;s a good idea to enable two-step verification as soon a possible since your Microsoft account controls everything from your Xbox Live account to your <a title=\"essential guide to windows 8\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/essential-guide-to-windows-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows 8<\/a> login.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s implementation of two-step verification works similarly to systems from <a title=\"how to set up google 2 step verification\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/how-to-set-up-google-2-step-verification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a>, <a title=\"dropbox two factor authentication\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/how-to-enable-2-factor-authentication-in-dropbox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dropbox<\/a>, and <a title=\"apple two-step verification\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/apple-beefs-up-security-with-two-step-verification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple<\/a>. After enabling two-step verification, you will be required to enter two bits of information when you log in. If your password is compromised, hackers can&#8217;t gain access to your account without gaining access to a second account or your phone. Microsoft also offers an <a title=\"microsoft authenticator\" href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsphone.com\/en-us\/store\/app\/authenticator\/e7994dbc-2336-4950-91ba-ca22d653759b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Authenticator app<\/a> for Windows Phones that generates random codes for you to authenticate with.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/04\/Microsoft-account-Two-factor-authentication.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38901\" title=\"Microsoft two step verification\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/04\/Microsoft-account-Two-factor-authentication.png\" alt=\"Microsoft two step verification\" width=\"639\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/04\/Microsoft-account-Two-factor-authentication.png 879w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/04\/Microsoft-account-Two-factor-authentication-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can find out how to enable two-step verification for your Microsoft account in the source link below.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"official microsoft blog\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/microsoft_blog\/archive\/2013\/04\/17\/microsoft-account-gets-more-secure.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official Microsoft Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I reported that Microsoft was working on two-step verification for users accounts and today you can enable it. Two-step verification adds a layer of protection to your Microsoft account by requiring a randomly generated code when you sign into a new browser or device. It&#8217;s a good idea to enable two-step verification as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/microsoft-rolls-out-two-step-verification\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Microsoft rolls out two-step verification&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":38901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-39465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333089,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39465\/revisions\/333089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39465"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=39465"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=39465"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=39465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}