As your everyday AI companion, Microsoft Copilot assists you with everything from starting with a blank page to finding the perfect words. It simplifies tasks, boosting your productivity and ensuring you focus on what matters most.

To pin apps to the taskbar. Select Start , select the arrow next to All apps, right-click the app, then select More > Pin to taskbar.

Having trouble connecting to your email from Outlook on your desktop? Follow these steps to let Outlook diagnose and fix errors in your Outlook mail profile that might be causing the issue.

After setting up web protection, we'll set up anti-malware protection.To do this we need to ask for a couple more permissions. Access device storage. Microsoft Defender scans apps and files on your device to watch for possible threats.

Note: BitLocker Drive Encryption is only available on devices running Windows Pro, Enterprise, or Education editions. It isn't available on Windows Home edition. If Manage BitLocker isn't listed, it means that you don't have the correct Windows edition.

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If you want to give access to desktop apps, make sure that Let desktop apps access your microphone is turned on.You can't turn off microphone access for individual apps. If your camera contains a microphone, you might also need to give your apps permission to use your camera.

Email addresses and phone numbers associated with your Microsoft account are called aliases and they use the same contacts, online storage, subscriptions, and account settings.

Learn how to activate Office pre-installed on new Windows 10 PCs or with a new product key.

Make sure the Store account reported in the Xbox app for Windows is the account that was used to buy your Game Pass subscription. On PC, the Store account is used device-wide for purchasing and ownership, including access to Game Pass benefits in the Xbox app for Windows. It might be different than the one you usually use with Xbox.