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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: SMS sign-in user experience for phone number (preview) - Azure AD |
| 3 | +description: Learn more about SMS sign-in user experience for new or existing phone numbers |
| 4 | +services: active-directory |
| 5 | +author: curtand |
| 6 | +manager: daveba |
| 7 | +ms.service: active-directory |
| 8 | +ms.subservice: user-help |
| 9 | +ms.workload: identity |
| 10 | +ms.topic: conceptual |
| 11 | +ms.date: 03/25/2020 |
| 12 | +ms.author: curtand |
| 13 | +ms.reviewer: kasimpso |
| 14 | +ms.custom: "user-help, seo-update-azuread-jan" |
| 15 | +--- |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +# Use your phone number as a user name (preview) |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +Registering your device gives your phone access to your organization's services and doesn't allow your organization access to your phone. |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +## User registers a number |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +If your organization hasn't made SMS sign-in available, you won't see an option for it when registering a phone with your account. |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +## User with new phone number |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +If you get a new phone or new number and you register it with an organization for which SMS sign-in is available, you experience the normal phone registration process: |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +1. Select **Add method**. |
| 30 | +1. Select **Phone**. |
| 31 | +1. Enter phone number and select **Text me a code**. |
| 32 | +1. After you enter the code, select **Next**. |
| 33 | +1. You will see a prompt that says "SMS verified. Your phone was registered successfully." |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +> [!Important] |
| 36 | +> Due to a known issue in the preview, for a short time adding phone number will not register the number for SMS sign-in. You'll have to sign in with the added number and then follow the prompts to register the number for SMS sign-in. |
| 37 | +
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| 38 | +### The phone number is in use |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +If you try to use a phone number that someone else in your organization is using, you'll see the following message: |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +Reach out to your admin to remediate the problem. |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +## User with an existing number |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +If you are already using a phone number with an organization, and using your phone number as a user name becomes available, the following steps can help you sign in. |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +1. When SMS sign-in is available, a banner is displayed asking if you'd like to enable the phone number for SMS sign-in: |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | + [](media/sms-sign-in-explainer/sms-sign-in-banner.png#lightbox) |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +1. Also, an **Enable** button appears if you select the caret on the phone method tile: |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | + [](media/sms-sign-in-explainer/sms-sign-in-phone-method.png#lightbox) |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +1. To enable the method, select **Enable**. You are prompted to confirm the action: |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +  |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +1. Select **Enable**. |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +## Delete phone number |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +1. To delete the phone number, select the delete button on the SMS sign-in phone method tile. |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | + [](media/sms-sign-in-explainer/sms-sign-in-delete-method.png#lightbox) |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +2. When prompted to confirm the action, select **OK**. |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +You can't remove a phone number that is in use as the default sign-in method. To remove the number, you would have to change the default sign-in method, then remove the phone number again. |
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