Why Do I Need a Microsoft Account?
This class meets for one full afternoon- from 1:00 PM to about 4:00 PM
We will provide the classroom desktop PCs with the current version of Windows 10 Pro installed. You may bring your own laptop and connect to the classroom wireless network. Please bring a personal flash drive with at least 0.5GB of free space to copy the class materials for home use.
Logging into your Microsoft at startup account automatically provides access to a wide variety of Microsoft services with a single sign in. These include the Microsoft Store and associated Universal Apps, Edge, Bing, Skype, Office, Outlook.com, One Drive, Xbox, synchronizing with your other devices and more. We will show you how to manage your account and use many of these services. Microsoft Edge has just been entirely revised and will be a separate class.
If you login at startup with a local account, you can still use most of the above services, but still need a Microsoft account to sign in to some of these services individually if they are needed. We will discuss changing between a Microsoft account and local accounts.
Instructor: Dennis Korger
January 2020