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Microsoft 365 - Outlook (How To) Add an iCloud Account with 2-step Verification to Outlook 2016

The guide will explain how to set up an iCloud account that has 2-step verification enabled in the Outlook Windows desktop user. This guide also assumes 2-step verification is already configured for the account.

  

 

Generate the App-Specific Password from Apple

1. Begin by logging into the Apple ID management website with your Apple ID: https://appleid.apple.com

Apple ID 
 
 
2. After signing in, click Generate Password... under Security > APP-SPECIFIC PASSWORDS
 
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3. Enter a name to label this password. This name will be used to reference your active App-Specific Passwords. Then click Create.
 
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4. Apple will generate an app-specific password for you. Remember this password (write it down, copy it, take a photo).
 
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Add iCloud email to Outlook 

1. Open Outlook.
 
2. Click File. Then click on + Add Account.
 
Add Account


3. Enter the iCloud email address into the textbox and click Connect.
 
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4. When prompted for a password, enter the app-specific password that was generated earlier on the Apple website (step 4 of the "Generate the App-Specific Password from Apple" procedure).
 
5. Outlook will automatically set up the email account and will prompt you when the setup is complete.