We recommend turning on two-factor authentication and using an app password. Gmail does allow you to add your account to Outlook without setting up two-factor authentication and using an app password, but you must turn on a setting that allows "less secure apps" to connect to your account. Select your provider in the drop-down for instructions. The steps to obtain an app password are different for each email provider. Please sign in using your application password. One way you'll know you need an app password is if you see the following message: 2-factor authentication is set up for your account. This is a different password than your regular email account password. To add your email account to Outlook, you'll need an app password, also known as an application password. Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, , and AOL accounts all use two-factor authentication to help verify that you're the person trying to access your email account. If Outlook won't accept your password and you know you're using the password for your email account, you might have an email account that requires additional security. If prompted, enter your password again, then select OK > Finish to start using your email account in Outlook. The user may now proceed on configuring the Outlook using the email and the App Password that was copied.Enter your name, email address, and password, and click Next. Don’t forget to copy the password before closing the window.Ĩ. Click the Create button and name your App Password that you can immediately remember to identify what password is that for then hit Next.ħ. You can no longer retrieve the password for that, so it is best to Delete the Initial app password and create a new one.Ħ. You will see there the Initial App Password that was automatically generated when you first setup and update your phone number. You should see the option Create and manage app passwords after.ĥ. Click Security & Privacy > Additional SecurityĤ. Drop down the initials of the account on the upper right corner and select My Account.ģ.
If the user missed to note or copy the App Password, he can go directly to the Next Step.Ģ. Note: Once you click Done, the App Password will no longer be displayed or retrieved. This will be the password used in configuring Outlook. Once verified, it will give an app password to the user. It will send a verification code to the number of the user, enter the code after.ĥ.
Use the original password when logging in and they will prompt to add more information, just hit Next.Ĥ. On the user’s side, let the user log in to his account to Ģ. Refresh the page after and the user’s Multi-Factor Auth Status should be Enabled now.ġ. Once you’re on the page, select the user that you want to enable the App Password and click the Enable button on the right side. On the drop-down button for More, select Multi-factor Authentication SetupĤ.
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