Now, on the left hand side, look for Security Info.Here’s how you can change the type of authentication method when you log into your Office 365 – Once you enter this code, you’ll be able to log in.Once you open the Authenticator App and open the Account which you are trying to log in, you’ll see a code in bold letters which refreshes after a time frame.On the browser when you enter your username and password, you’ll see the below waiting for you to refer to the Authenticator App and enter the same from your phone.Once you click on Approve, you’ll be able to login.Īnd when Code based method is selected, you’ll see the below –.And upon opening the notification, the Microsoft Authenticator App will be opened and the permission to Approve or Deny the authentication request for your account will pop-up.

When you enter your username and password, you’ll see this on your browser intimating that the Approval request has been sent to your phone.Here’s how the notification based authentication works – And see how you can change the preferred method to either of these types! In case you are setting Authenticator app for accessing your Office 365 account, you have 2 options of authenticating using the Authenticator App from you phone – Notification based and Code based.

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