Get help and learn how to use Skype with Microsoft's official support page.

Tip: Creating an Outlook.com email address gives you a brand-new email address that is attached to your existing Microsoft account.This makes several benefits and features available to you within the Microsoft suite of products, particularly within Outlook. You might want to do this if your Microsoft account is not currently tied to an Outlook.com email address.

Windows 11 automatically downloads and installs updates to make sure your device is secure and up to date. This means you receive the latest fixes and security updates, helping your device run efficiently and stay protected.

Optimizations for windowed games improves gaming on your PC by using a new presentation model for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 games that appear in a window or in a borderless window.

Efficiency mode What is efficiency mode in Microsoft Edge? Efficiency mode is designed to help extend battery life. It minimizes power usage by reducing resource usage through modifying background tab activity and some foreground activity, as well as putting inactive background tabs to sleep after 30 minutes or less of inactivity (if Save resources with sleeping tabs is on).

How Microsoft Edge interacts with operating system permissions when sharing your location with a website. Windows can use information such as your IP address, nearby Wi-Fi access points, and GPS data, if available, to estimate your precise or imprecise location coordinates and pass this info to Microsoft Edge.

The taskbar can display the temperature in Celsius (°C) or Fahrenheit (°F). To switch between these two units, select the weather icon on the taskbar, select the Edit location and unit icon on the weather card, select Celsius or Fahrenheit on the weather, and select Save. News and interests is supported in any taskbar orientation.

Tip: Outlook.com allows you to have multiple email addresses associated with a single account, and you can choose which email address you send mail from. Creating alternate addresses to use on websites or apps that force you to register can help keep your personal email address out of the hands of marketers and hackers.

Every time you enter payment info on a website, Microsoft Edge will ask you if you want to save the card. Once payment info like credit and debit card numbers are securely stored in the browser, you don’t have to remember and enter this info each time you buy something online.

Add your work or school account. On your computer, note the Code and Url information on the Configure mobile app page.Keep this page open so you can see the code and URL.