Windows Phone: Set up a Microsoft account

With your Microsoft account you can use many useful features of your Windows Phone. This practical tip explains how to set up your account.

The Microsoft account for the Windows Phone

With a Microsoft account, for example, you have access to the Windows Phone Store, where you can also get apps for your Windows Phone, you will receive an email account and may use the not unimportant tool "Find my phone". In order to create the Microsoft account on your smartphone, only a few steps, listed below, are necessary.

• If you don't have a Microsoft account yet, this practical tip explains how to create an account.
• If you already have a Microsoft account, go to the "Application List".
• Then select the "Settings" and then go to "E-Mail Accounts & Others".
• With "Add account" you choose the "Microsoft account".
• Skip the next page with "next" and then enter your email address.
• A few more details and your email account is set up on your Windows Phone.