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Dec 22nd 2013, 14:30, by Melanie Pinola

With all the security breaches we're having these days, it doesn't hurt to be vigilant for any suspicious activity. Your Microsoft account—linking SkyDrive, Outlook.com, Office webapps, Xbox, and possibly your PC—comes with a tool that shows you if any unauthorized parties tried to get into your account.

It's much like Google's and Dropbox's "last activity" solution: Microsoft keeps a log of successful and unsuccessful sign-ins, incorrect password attempts, and so on—along with the IP address, a map, and other details of the attempted device. Log into your Microsoft account and click the "Recent activity" link in the left menu to see it.

It looks like this:

 

Microsoft recent activity

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