To setup multi-factor authentication for webmail:
Sign in to
outlook.office.com with your ID and password, a login page appears (as shown below), click on
"Sign it up now" button.
- Select authentication method to be
"Authentication phone".
- Choose your country code and insert your mobile phone number.
- Select
"Send me a code by text message".
- Click
"Next".
- You will receive an SMS with a verification code, insert it then click
"verify".
- Important: Save your "app password" in order to use it with email applications such as earlier versions of Outlook 2016 and Mobile applications.