Microsoft email: "Update your sign-in technology before September 16th, 2024 to maintain email access."

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Microsoft email: "Update your sign-in technology before September 16th, 2024 to maintain email access."

Do not want to lose ability of iMAC calendar and other features but apparently will do if we can't use the Apple mail. Apparently we wont be able to as it provides a less secure connection to Microsoft mail than is needed. Is Apple doing anything about this, or will we be forced to change mail/calendar platforms (which would be a disaster as I have multiple Apple products connected with these services).

Posted on Jul 10, 2024 7:04 AM

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Answer 1

hcsitas

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Jul 26, 2024 9:48 AM in response to no1rn

Do the following on the Microsoft website:

enable two factor authentication, then
get an app-specific password, then
change Apple mail password to the app-specific one

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Answer 2

Jul 10, 2024 7:53 AM in response to no1rn

Microsoft Support – Modern Authentication Methods now needed to continue syncing Outlook Email in non-Microsoft email apps

When Google tightened up their security, they provided a way to reconnect old mail clients using an app password. I didn't see any mention of an app password option on the Microsoft site. Microsoft says:

"If you use Apple Mail:

Apple Mail supports Modern Authentication by default when you setup the account as Outlook.com. If you use Apple Mail and you are seeing password prompts or connection errors, this is most likely happening because your account got configured as basic authentication. To mitigate the issue, remove the account and add it back as Outlook.com"

The directions are likely for an iPhone, as they refer to Settings > Mail – and to an Outlook.com option that doesn't exist in Settings > Internet Accounts on a Mac, at least not in Ventura.

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