“Microsoft account unusual sign-in activity”, as the message suggests, is an alert message issued by Microsoft account security when it detects any unusual sign-in attempts into your account. This message usually appears when a device that your account does not recognize is making the login request.
Apart from someone trying to access your account, the message can be because of a device that not yet registered. The message can also appear if the account is being accessed from a location 300 miles or further from previously logged in location, with a new IP address.
To fix this, users can disable the warning message by changing alert settings from their Microsoft account. However, if the threat is legitimate, it is best for you to update your account’s security to avoid any theft, leak or loss of information.
How to Fix Microsoft Account Unusual Sign-in Message
Contacting Microsoft and issuing a complaint there can help narrow down the issue of any unusual sign-in activity from your account.
you may manually set up various configurations to strengthen the security and stop this alert from appearing.
To verify if the threat is legitimate, log into your Microsoft account and see if the Recent sign-in tab displays any suspicious login attempt. This tab contains all the devices and their location from where your account has been accessed.
Register Device from Microsoft Account
To fix this, register or connect your device to a Microsoft account. Registering your device to Microsoftensures that the device can be trustedwhen logging in. By making a device trusted, we are vouching that devices accessing the Microsoft account are legitimate and won’t cause any harm.
If the issue appears even on a registered device, you canunregister the device first and then re-registerit to fix the error.
Change Security Credentials
If you believe that the security of your account is weak or has been compromised, you will need to update the security credentials of your account. Changing the account password, updating the contact information and adding a backup email address can help resolve the issue.
If you have made sure that the security message popping up is erroneous, you may disable it from appearing in your Microsoft account.
you may do this byturning off security alerts or removing two-step sign-in verification. However, we strongly recommend users to not perform these as it can compromise the security of your Microsoft account.
Turn Off Security Alerts
