What is Microsoft Account – Single Login and Signing up to windows 8 and 8.1

What is Microsoft Account – Single Login and Signing up to windows 8 and 8.1

What is a Microsoft account?

Formally called Windows Live ID, Microsoft Account is the new name for Microsoft product and services access. It usually contains a user ID which is an email address and a password.

To access most of Microsoft product and services you need a Microsoft Account, do you have a Microsoft Surface, Skype, Windows Phone, Windows OS, Microsoft 360, XBox, OneDrive amongst other Microsoft products and services; you will have to login to have access using a Microsoft Account.

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If you have an email account with live.com, hotmail.com, msn.com or outlook.com you can log into any Microsoft services and product due to the single sign on feature Microsoft Account has.  It’s free and easy to set up, and you can do so with any email address you choose, or get a new email address. (For example, you can use an Outlook.com, Gmail, or Yahoo! address for your Microsoft account.)

Sign in Page for Microsoft Account

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Create an Account – Microsoft Account

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You can use any email address as the user name for your new Microsoft account, including addresses from Outlook.com, Yahoo! or Gmail. If you already sign in to a Windows PC, tablet, or phone, Xbox Live, Bing, Microsoft Store, MSN, Outlook.com, or OneDrive, use that account to id="iSignIn" title="Login" href="https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=12&ct=1420239997&rver=6.5.6510.0&wp=MBI_SSL&wreply=https%3a%2f%2faccount.live.com%2f&lc=1033&id=38936&wlu=1" target="_blank">sign in.

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To sign up for a Microsoft account

class="">class="ordered_dec">class="step">class="para">Go to the class="navigationLink" href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=238657" data-id="pageContainer2_ID0EDBFFBBBA">Microsoft account sign-up webpage, and then tap or click class="ui">Sign up now.

class="step">class="para">Enter your first and last name, and then do one of the following:

class="unordered">class="listItem">class="para">To use an existing email address (including addresses from Outlook.com, Yahoo!, or Gmail), enter it in the class="ui">User name box.

class="listItem">class="para">To get a new email address, tap or click class="ui">Or get a new email address.

class="step">class="para">Fill out the rest of the form, and then tap or click class="ui">Create account.

class="para">If you used an existing email address to sign up, you’ll need to verify it to prove that it’s yours.

One email address to sign in everywhere

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Microsoft Surface

Skype

Windows Phone

Windows OS – Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

Microsoft Office 365

XBox

OneDrive

Live.com

Outlook.com

MSN.com

Bing

Hotmail.com

Microsoft Store

Find My Phone

What Merit does Microsoft Account has?

• Connecting your accounts to automatically get info and updates from your contacts – Facebook, Twitter, Outlook, Google Contacts, Skype, and Linkedin.
• Have access to windows store and install apps on multiple PC without buying apps again, apps are interconnected.
• Online storage attached to account, it allows users to store and share files, photos, and more.
• Automatically sync your settings whenever you login with your Microsoft Account on any system or device.

When you sign in to your PC or device with a Microsoft account, you can get apps from the Windows Store, back up all your important data and files using free cloud storage, and keep all your favorite stuff—devices, photos, friends, games, settings, music, and so on—up to date and in sync.

Using Microsoft Account with Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

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class="para">class="phrase">Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap class="ui">Settings, and then tap class="ui">Change PC settings./> (If you’re using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, click class="ui">Settings, and then click class="ui">Change PC settings.)

class="para">Tap or click class="ui">Accounts, and then tap or click class="ui">Your account.

If you’re signed in with a local account, you’ll see the words class="ui">Local Account below your name, along with the class="ui">Connect to a Microsoft account link.

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Signing in with a Microsoft account

class="para">If you’re signed in to your PC with a local account, there are several ways you can switch to a Microsoft account on your PC. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap class="ui">Settings, and then tap class="ui">Change PC settings. (If you’re using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, click class="ui">Settings, and then click class="ui">Change PC settings.) Tap or click class="ui">Accounts, tap or click class="ui">Your account, and then tap or click class="ui">Connect to a Microsoft account. You might be asked to verify your current password. Then, choose one of the following:

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Option 1: Connect to an existing Microsoft account

class="para">Even if you’re not signed in to your PC with a Microsoft account, you might already have one if you use other Microsoft services like Xbox, Hotmail, Outlook.com, or Skype. Your Microsoft account is the email address you use to sign in to those services.

class="para">Enter the email address and password you use to sign in to other Microsoft services, tap or click class="ui">Next, and follow the instructions.

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Option 2: Sign up with the email address you use most often

class="para">If you haven’t used Microsoft services in the past, you can use any email address you want to sign up for a new Microsoft account, including addresses from Outlook.com, Yahoo! or Gmail. To use your favorite email address:

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class="para">Enter the email address you want to use, and then tap or click class="ui">Create a new account.

class="para">Follow the instructions to fill out your personal and security info, and you’re all set.