Microsoft offers us more services every day, not only do we have access to our computer with Windows 10, but we also find Outlook, the web version of Office and many websites that allow us to access through our Microsoft account. That is why safety becomes more and more important, and We are going to show you how to activate two-step verification for our Microsoft accounts. It is quite simple and could save you many headaches, every time we find more threats in the network, and any measure we take becomes indispensable.
Two-step verification has become very popular with the passage of time, the growing Internet services at the same time as threats grow, have constituted this as a very interesting security alternative. That is why we are going to show you how to activate it in your Microsoft accounts.
First of all we will go to our Microsoft account, in Account Live, or simply by doing a Google search that says «Microsoft account«, Links will be enabled to access our account. Once inside, we find an interesting panel very similar to Outlook, and at the top we will click on the «security and privacy«. If we are accessing from an unusual device, they will send us a verification code that we will enter as indicated by the pop-up.
Once inside, on the left side we find, «more account setup options«, We will press so that it directs us to the advanced security options. Navigating the menu downwards we will end up finding the «Two step verification«. We will simply click on the link to activate it and our security will have increased. We will follow Microsoft's instructions to activate it correctly, and it is highly recommended for those who store sensitive information in Microsoft services.