Equally important, don’t use the same password for other accounts. Make sure it’s unique, hard-to-guess, use random capital letters, special characters, and numbers. Make sure to use a complex, long, hard-to-guess password. Go to Microsoft’s official website, and change your account password. If you keep getting random verification codes, this means someone is still trying to guess your password. Most likely, this is a phishing attempt aimed at gaining access to your Microsoft account. Most importantly, don’t tap on anything, and don’t use the verification code in any way. If you just received a text message with a so-called Microsoft verification code from a strange number, don’t do anything. But if nothing weird shows up, this means the code you received is a phishing attempt. You can visit the Recent activity page and check if there have been any unsuccessful attempts to get into your account. In this case, the code is genuinely sent by Microsoft. To make sure the login attempt is genuine, Microsoft sends you a verification code. Unsolicited verification codes indicate that someone is trying to log in to your Microsoft account but cannot pass the verification process. There are two possible explanations for why you received an unsolicited Microsoft verification code.

If your Skype name is already linked to a Microsoft Account, click Next on the Your Skype account is now a Microsoft account screen.Why Would I Get an Unsolicited Microsoft Verification Code?.

Log in using your Skype name and password.If you are currently logged in with a Microsoft Account, log out.If you don’t have a Microsoft Account, log in to Skype and add an email address to your Skype account as part of the process that follows. To make sure that your Skype account is properly protected, I recommend that you merge the Skype name with your Microsoft Account. The process of linking your Skype name to a Microsoft Account enables you to log in to Skype using either your legacy Skype name and password, or a Microsoft Account. For more information on two-factor authentication, see What Is Multi-Factor Authentication and How Does It Work? on the Petri IT Knowledgebase. But recently there have been reports of hackers using stolen credentials to access Skype using legacy named accounts, even where users have linked Skype to a Microsoft Account, which offer hardened security and two-factor authentication. It’s been some time since Microsoft started linking Skype names with Microsoft Accounts. In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to secure your Skype account by merging it with a Microsoft Account.

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