Microsoft will also adopt two-step verification

Leaked images on the Web have revealed that Microsoft is also going to adopt two-step verification for user accounts . With this, the Redmond giant joins the trend of other services such as Gmail, Apple, Dropbox and Evernote, to name a few. Twitter is studying it.

When the functionality is implemented and if nothing changes from what we have been able to see now, when we sign in to our Microsoft account from any device or application (with the exception of the computers that appear in our trust list), in addition to entering the password we will be asked to enter a randomsecurity code, generated by an application, Authenticator app (already available in the store Windows Phone), on our phone.

As we can read in the Authenticator tab that appears in the aforementioned store, the application generates security codes that can be used to keep Microsoft accounts safe. Microsoft account can be added to the app by scanning a barcode or manually entering a passkey Authenticator implements an industry standard for code generation security, and works with other services and providers.

One of the limitations of the two-step verification feature is that it does not work with linked accounts This means that users need to unlink all your accounts before using the feature. Also, some apps and devices that use Microsoft accounts don't support two-step verification (for example, the email app on some phones).

In these last cases you can generate a password from the Microsoft account website, which we can enter in the field provided for this purpose. There is currently no known date for two-step verification for Microsoft accounts to go live, but I don't think we should wait too long.

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