When I am away from home, particularly in a foreign country, I have been unable to receive Microsoft assigned number security code, as it is sent to my home number, or an alternate email address, neither of which work, and I do not want to have the code sent this way, nor to a mobile phone, or other phone number.

I need an alternate method of identification, such as my birthdate, or a previously agreed to numerical code I could enter. How do I set up that option?