How to Improve Outlook App Account Security? Outlook is Microsoft’s non-flagship free email service. You can use it in web-mail format or you can use it from an email client on your PC or smartphone. You can set up two-step verification security on your Microsoft account to prevent a hacker from breaking into your Outlook account.However, if you want to go one step further to increase your account security, you can use the Microsoft Account app. This app is used to identify a new device used to sign in to your Microsoft account. When someone tries to sign in to your Microsoft account using your username and password, you will receive a verification request on your mobile phone that needs to be approved to allow the sign-in.
How to Increase Outlook App Account Security?
You can set up the following method to add another layer of defense to your Microsoft account:
- Download and install the Microsoft Account app on your smartphone. It is available for Android, iPhone and Windows phones. You can find links to these apps at the official . In our case, we use this app for Android smartphones.
- The app requires you to enter your Microsoft account username, password and verify some account information during installation.
- Once the app is successfully installed, you are ready to use it. Now, when you try to sign in to any of the Microsoft accounts (outlook.com, Skype, etc.) on a new device, a confirmation request will be sent to the Microsoft Account app on your smartphone. The request is unique and you will be given a code so you can identify the request by its code.
- On your smartphone, you should see the confirmation request. However, if you do not see the request, you can launch the Microsoft Account app to get the latest requests. To confirm the request you need to tap the confirm button .
- The confirmation is automatically detected by Microsoft servers and you are allowed to sign in to your Microsoft account.
- Microsoft Account requires your smartphone to have a working Internet connection. If your smartphone doesn’t have Internet, you can generate security codes in the Microsoft Account app and use them to verify your identity instead.
Conclusion;
The Microsoft Account app for Android adds an additional layer of security for your Microsoft accounts. Every time you try to log in to your Microsoft accounts, a confirmation request is sent to your smartphone before you continue – preventing a potential hacker from using your handy username and password credentials to break into your accounts.
