Everyone wants your data, so that means everyone would like you to make an account with them. I don't know about you, but more accounts simply means more passwords I'm bound to forget—at least there's multi-factor authentication methods like SMS codes, right? Well, soon that won't be the case for your personal Microsoft account.
Traditionally, codes sent via text to your phone have been deployed as an authentication method when you log in, or as a way to recover your Microsoft account when you inevitably forget your password. Unfortunately for forgetful folks such as myself, Microsoft has chosen to phase out SMS codes in both cases (via Windows Latest).
