Turn on two-step verification and create an app password in or If your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 admin is moving email messages from your or account to Microsoft 365 or Office 365 on your behalf, you'll need to give them your app password. When you sign in on a new device or from a new location, we'll send you a security code that you enter on the sign-in page as a second form of authentication in addition to your password.Īfter you have setup two-step verification, you can also obtain an app password that you will have to use in order to use Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) migration to copy email from your or account to your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 for business account. You set up two-step verification with an email address, phone number, or authenticator app. Even if someone else finds your password, they'll be stopped if they don't have access to your other devices or accounts. It uses two different forms of identity: your password, and a contact method.

Two-step verification helps protect you by making it more difficult for someone else to sign in to your email account. If you are migrating your or account to Microsoft 365 or Office 365, you'll need to enable two-step verification (also known as two-factor authentication).

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