Microsoft account
With a Microsoft account, you can access Microsoft services with a single username and password
on your computer or phone. You can also use the same username and password on your Xbox.
With your Microsoft account, you can, for example:
• Download content from Store
• Back up your contacts
• Upload, store, and share pictures and documents
• Back up your phone on OneDrive
• Play Xbox games
• Get your avatar and gaming achievements on your phone, and add to them when you play games
on your phone
• Keep track of and lock your lost phone with Find My Phone
• Get feeds from social networking services to your People hub
To learn more about Microsoft account and what can you do with it, go to
www.windowsphone.com.
Create your Microsoft account
Spice up your life and get more from your phone – create a Microsoft account. If you didn’t create a
Microsoft account during the first start-up, you can always do it later.
1. On the start screen, swipe down from the top of the screen, and tap ALL SETTINGS > email
+accounts > add an account.
2. Tap Microsoft account.
3. Create your Microsoft account, or sign in with your existing username and password, and follow
the instructions shown on your phone.
Parents must approve the account for children under the age of 13. To approve the account, on the
start screen, swipe down from the top of the screen, tap ALL SETTINGS > email+accounts > add an
account > Microsoft account, and follow the instructions shown on the phone.
You can also create or manage your account at www.live.com.
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