How to use two-step verification with your Microsoft account

Note: If you are trying to find out how to change an email address or phone number for your Microsoft account, see Change the email address or phone number for your Microsoft account. If you’re having issues signing in to your account, see When you can’t sign in to your Microsoft account for help. Get more info about what to do when you receive the “That Microsoft account doesn’t exist” message when you try to sign in to your Microsoft account.

About two-step verification

What two-step verification is

Two-step verification 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). Even if someone else finds your password, they’ll be stopped if they don’t have access to your security info. This is also why it’s important to use different passwords for all your accounts.

Important: If you turn on two-step verification, you will always need two forms of identification. This means that if you forget your password, you need two contact methods. Or if you lose your contact method, your password alone won’t get you back into your account—and it can take you 30 days to regain access. You may even lose access to the account. For that reason, we strongly recommend you have three pieces of security info associated with your account, just in case.

What happens when you turn on two-step verification

If you turn on two-step verification, you’ll get a security code to your email, phone, or authenticator app every time you sign in on a device that isn’t trusted. When two-step verification is turned off, you will only have to verify your identity with security codes periodically, when there might be a risk to your account security.

What you’ll need for set up

Two-step verification begins with an email address (we recommend two different email addresses, the one you normally use, and one as a backup just in case), a phone number, or an authenticator app. When you sign in on a new device or from a new location, we’ll send you a security code to enter on the sign-in page. For more info about the authenticator app, see How to use the Microsoft Authenticator app.

Turn two-step verification on or off

Go to the Security basics page and sign in with your Microsoft account.

Select More security options.

Under Two-step verification, choose Set up two-step verification to turn it on, or choose Turn off two-step verification to turn it off.

Follow the instructions.

Note: As part of setting up this account, you’ll be given a QR code to scan with your device; this is one way we ensure you are in physical possession of the device you are installing the Authenticator app to.

Reset your password when two-step verification is turned on

If you forget your password when you have two-step verification turned on for your account, you can reset your password as long as we have two ways to contact you, like one of the alternate contact email addresses or phone numbers that you used when you turned on two-step verification.

Depending on what security info you have added to your account, this requirement might mean entering a security code from your authenticator app and entering a security code that was emailed to your backup email account.

To reset your password, follow the steps in How to reset your Microsoft account password. Instead of receiving one security code to verify your identity, though, you’ll receive two.

If you’re looking for info about changing, removing, or updating the alternate email address or phone number where you get security codes, follow the steps in either Security info & verification codes or Replace your Microsoft account security info.

Where you can’t use security codes, use app passwords

Some apps (like the mail apps on some phones) or devices (like the Xbox 360) can’t use regular security codes. If you see an “incorrect password” error on an app or device after you turn on two-step verification, but you’re sure your password was correct, that means you’ll need an app password for that app or device.

App passwords are only available if you use two-step verification. If you don’t have two-step verification turned on, you won’t see the App passwords section on the Additional security options page.

Read about how to create and use app passwords in App passwords and two-step verification.

How to configure Windows Live Mail for Outlook?

• Windows Live Mail works with many popular webmail services such as Gmail, Yahoo, and Outlook , and the account creation process is straightforward.
• Live Mail runs perfectly on Windows 10, although you might run into certain account creation issues. You can easily fix them by setting the server information manually.
• Windows Live Mail is in the past, indeed, but we still know everything about it. You can check it out in our Windows Live Mail section.
• If you want the full collections of tips and tricks about Outlook, you will find it in our Outlook how to guides hub.

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Desktop email clients are always useful if you want to quickly check your email. Speaking of which, one of the most used desktop clients was Outlook Express and Windows Live Mail.

The development of Outlook Express is permanently canceled, and there’s no way to install it on any modern Windows operating system.

Fortunately, you can still install Windows Live Mail on Windows 10, and today we’re going to show you how to configure Windows Live Mail for Outlook.

Outlook Express was a default email client on older versions of Windows, and as such, it has gained tremendous popularity.

As previously mentioned, Outlook Express was scrapped by Microsoft and it was replaced by Windows Live Mail.

Many users were pleased with Windows Live Mail and accepted it as an Outlook Express successor.

With Windows Live Mail being such a popular email client on the Windows platform, we decided to make a small guide on how to configure it to work with Outlook.

How can I configure Windows Live Mail to work with Outlook on Windows 10?

First thing you’ll notice when you open Windows Live Mail is the account creation screen.

Windows Live Mail works with many popular webmail services such as Gmail, Yahoo, and Outlook, and the account creation process is straightforward.

All that you need to do is to enter your email and password and Windows Live Mail should automatically configure it. If you wish, you can also manually configure your email account.

The account creation process is straightforward for certain webmail services such as Gmail, and it doesn’t require any additional configuration.

Unfortunately, account creation process got a bit more complex while trying to use Outlook account with Windows Live Mail, but we managed to fix that by following these steps:

1. While connecting an Outlook account, enter your username and password, check Manually configure server settings option and click Next.
2. Set Server type to IMAP, change the Server address to imap-mail.outlook.com, set port to 993 and check Requires a secure connection (SSL) option.
3. Set Server address to smtp.live.com for Outgoing server information and check to Require a secure connection (SSL).
4. Enter your Outlook email address as your login username and click Next.
   
5. Your email should be successfully created and you’ll be able to send and receive new emails.

If the steps above seem familiar to you, it’s because the same configuration process is used for Outlook 2007 versions older than 12.0.6680.5000.

Of course, if you use Outlook 2007 version 12.0.6680.5000 or newer, there’s no need to manually enter this data.

As you can see, Windows Live Mail runs perfectly on Windows 10, although you might run into certain account creation issues, you can easily fix them by setting the server information manually.

It’s worth mentioning that Windows Live Mail isn’t being developed anymore, and the last update for it was released in 2012.

Although Windows Live Mail is a great email client, you might want to use a client that is being updated more frequently.

Even though Windows Live Mail worked great with Outlook in the past, reports were stating that Windows Live Mail won’t be able to synchronize with Outlook anymore.

So users considered an alternative email client.

Microsoft ended support for Windows Live Essentials, a suite of freeware applications, that includes Windows Live Mail. Therefore, it is no longer available to download from Microsoft.

OE Classic is an amazing Windows Live Mail alternative, so if you’re looking for a simple email client for Windows 10, you might want to try OE Classic.

How to Create Ubuntu Live USB in Windows

Last updated January 10, 2020 By Abhishek Prakash 93 Comments

Brief: Tutorial to show you how to create a bootable USB of Ubuntu in Windows. Instructions are valid for all versions of Ubuntu and Windows.

One of the first few steps for installing Ubuntu is to create bootable USB of Ubuntu. If you are using Windows 7 or 10, you can use Universal USB Installer to easily create a live USB. It’s my favorite tool and is extremely easy to use.

Let’s see how to easily make a live USB of Ubuntu in Windows.

How to make Ubuntu bootable USB in Windows:

Step 1: Download Ubuntu ISO

Go to Ubuntu and download the ISO image of your preferred Ubuntu version. At present, there are two LTS version available, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 16.04. You can download whichever you prefer.

It is always a good idea to perform a checksum on ISO file you downloaded from the internet.

Step 2: Download Universal USB Installer

Once you have downloaded the ISO of Ubuntu 16.04 or 18.04, go to this page and download the latest version of Universal USB Installer.

Step 3: Creating the bootable USB

Plugin the USB drive in the computer and run Universal USB Installer. You need to do the following things now:

• Select Ubuntu under step 1
• Browse to the location of downloaded Ubuntu ISO in Step 2 section
• In Step 3, select the USB drive and also check the option to format it.

It will present you with obvious warnings, click Yes.

Wait for sometime for the process to complete. You can push it to background, if you like.

That said, your Ubuntu USB should be created in few minutes.

Once the live USB is created, you can proceed with testing Ubuntu in live mode.What you need to do is restart your computer. At boot time, press F2 or F10 or F12 (depending upon your system) to access boot menu.

Once there, choose to boot from USB or removable media. That’s it. You can use Ubuntu without installing here. You can also choose to install Ubuntu if you want.

I have shown the process of making a bootable Ubuntu Linux USB with Rufus tool in this video:

I hope this tutorial helped you to easily create Ubuntu live USB in Windows.

Considering that you are just starting, I advise to follow this beginner’s guide to Ubuntu and learn how to use Ubuntu. Let me know if you need some help.

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Get started with Microsoft Teams live events

Microsoft Teams live events are an extension of Teams meetings that enable you to schedule and produce events that stream to large online audiences!

In this article

Live event types

There are two ways you can produce a live event:

Plug in your laptop and go.

Produce the live event using Teams, a lightweight option to create the event and invite presenters and panelists to participate on their own devices.

An external app or device

Professional camera and sound setup

Produce the live event using an external hardware or software encoder via Microsoft Stream. Use this option if you already have a production setup (for example, media mixers) that supports streaming to an RTMP service. This method is typically used in auditorium events, such as town halls, where a stream from a media mixer is broadcast to the audience.

Event group roles

Large live streaming events typically have several people working behind the scenes—the event group—to make them successful.

Schedules a live event and ensures the event is set up with the right permissions for attendees and the event group, who will manage the event.

Creates the live event.

Sets attendee permissions.

Selects production method.

Configures event options (for example, the moderated Q&A)

Selects event group members.

Manages reports generated after the event is over.

As a host, makes sure attendees have a great viewing experience by controlling the live event stream.

Starts and stops the live event.

Shares own video.

Share participant video.

Shares active desktop or window.

Presents audio, video, or a screen to the live event, or moderates Q&A.

Presenters can only share audio, video, or a screen (desktop or window) in live events produced in Teams.

On the iPad, presenters can’t currently moderate Q&As or share their system audio.

A viewer. Watches the event live or on-demand, using DVR controls, either anonymously or authenticated. Can participate in Q&A.

Who can create live events

To be able to create a live event, a person needs to have the following things. Your IT admin can provide more information.

A Office 365 Enterprise E1, E3, or E5 license or a Office 365 A3 or A5 license.

Permission to create live events in Microsoft Teams admin center.

Permission to create live events in Microsoft Stream (for events produced using an external broadcasting app or device).

Full team membership in the org (can’t be a guest or from another org).

Private meeting scheduling, screensharing, and IP video sharing, turned on in Team meeting policy.

Who can attend live events

If an event is public, anyone who has the link can attend without logging in.

If attendance is restricted to your org or to specific people and groups, attendees will need to log in to join.

If the event is produced in Teams, they’ll need a license that includes Teams. If it’s produced externally, they’ll need one that includes Microsoft Stream.

Note: Attendees need to enable third-party cookies in their browsers to watch a live event.

System requirements and supported platforms

Supported operating systems: Windows 7 and later (32-bit and 64-bit), macOS X 10.10 and later

Supported mobile operating systems: Android 4.4 and later, iOS 10 and later

Supported web browsers: Chrome (last 3 versions), Edge RS2 and later, Firefox (last 3 versions), Internet Explorer 11, Safari

Note: Microsoft Teams will not support Internet Explorer 11 starting November 30, 2020. Learn more. Please note that Internet Explorer 11 will remain a supported browser. Internet Explorer 11 is a component of the Windows operating system and follows the Lifecycle Policy for the product on which it is installed.

Note: Linux isn’t supported for live events.