Office 365 Email MFA Text Code setup

Created by Eric Haan, Modified on Thu, 28 Aug, 2025 at 1:47 PM by Eric Haan

1. go to office.com in a browser, or sign into adding email


2. enter your email/username and password

It will display a page that more info is needed, click next:



3. Keep your account secure page:

-DO NOT CLICK NEXT.  We do not want you to use the authenticator app. So click on the bottom I want to set up a different method




4. Choose text me a code and enter your cell phone number.  Hit next.




5. It will send you a code to confirm that method is set.


6.  Now when you sign in to your email on a device for the first time it will verify that be sending you a code to enter.

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