Get more out of your email with Outlook.com. We've streamlined search to make it easier than ever to find what you're looking for. New features like Files and attachment previews let you see your pictures and files without leaving your inbox.

By signing in with a Microsoft account, the new MSN allows you to personalize your experience on MSN and to take that experience with you on every device, including the MSN website and the MSN apps.

Step 2: Back up your folders. Windows Backup is an easy, single stop for all of your backup needs. Your free Microsoft account comes with 5 GB of OneDrive cloud storage (and more storage is available if you need it), and backing up your folders syncs the folders you specify to your OneDrive account, making them instantly accessible on all computers that you use with this Microsoft account.

Important: Microsoft accounts, the Windows operating system, and other Microsoft products include passwords to help secure your information.This article provides some options that you can use to reset or recover your password if you forget it. Be aware that, if these options don’t work, Microsoft support can't help you retrieve or circumvent a lost or forgotten password.

You can right-click the contact group and select Delete from the menu or click the group, then select Delete from the Ribbon.. Contacts are not deleted, only the contact list.

The Microsoft Authenticator app helps you sign into your accounts when you're using two-step verification.

To capture someone's attention in an email or meeting invite, type the @ symbol followed by their name within the message or invite. Doing so will highlight their name and prompt Outlook to add them to the To line, ensuring they notice, and add the @ symbol next to their message in the Inbox.

Change the appearance of your email. Select View.. From here, you can: Change the size of the Folder Pane.

Focused Inbox. Focused Inbox helps you focus on the emails that matter most. It separates your inbox into two tabs—Focused and Other. If messages aren't sorted the way you like, you can move them and set where to deliver future messages from that sender.

Notes: If you don't see Go to Microsoft Store on the Activation page, contact your organization's support person.. If you made a substantial hardware changes to your device (such as replacing the motherboard) and you have a valid product key, try to activate Windows by phone.