How to Create an Outlook or Hotmail Email Accounts

Do you want an Outlook.com or Hotmail.com email address? Follow the steps in this guide to create one or both.

Option 1: Create an Outlook Email Account

• Open Signup.live.com..
• When the Create account page opens, click Get a new email address.

• Enter your preferred email address in the New email field. Then, click the @Outlook.com drop-down and select @Outlook.com.

• When you have entered the values, click Next.
• Then on the Create password page, enter a password and click Next.

• Enter your first name on the first field and your second name on the second field. When you are done, click Next.

• On the What’s your birth date page, your Country/region should be detected automatically. Enter your birthday and click Next.

• If you receive a challenge as shown below, enter the values and click Next.

• You will automatically be signed in to Outlook.live.com

Option 2: Create a Hotmail Email Account

• Open Signup.live.com..
• When the Create account page opens, click Get a new email address.

• Enter your preferred email address in the New email field. Then, click the @Outlook.com drop-down and select @Hotmail.com. To continue, click Next.

• Then on the Create password page, enter a password and click Next.

• Enter your First and Last names in the fields provided. Then click Next.

• On the What’s your birth date page, enter your birth date. Then click Next.

• Finally, respond to this challenge and click Next..

• You will be logged in to Outlook.live.com

Conclusion

Whether you create an @Outlook.com or @Hotmail.com account, you will log on to Outlook.com to read your emails. These email domains have been consolidated into Outlook.com email and replaced Live.com emails.

You can use any of these accounts as a Microsoft account to log in to a Windows PC.

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