How to Register in Outlook.com

www.outlook.com is the new email service from Microsoft and the service has been very well received by users, new and existing. The service can be used to send and receive emails. It can be used on any device using Windows 8 Operating System, the phones having Windows OS and even with Office 2013. Registering with the email service depends upon whether you are an existing Hotmail user or want a completely new email address on Outlook.com.

New Users to Outlook.com

Users that wish to have an email id on Outlook.com can get one easily by registering with the website. The process is simple and can be completed within minutes. The users would simply have to go to Outlook.com, which is the official website of the service. Here the users would be presented with the option to sign up with the website. You can click on the ‘Sign up’ button to begin your registration at Outlook.com

As a new user when you click ‘Sign Up’ at Outlook.com, you are taken to a page that has a form which must be completed. This form has details like the full name of the user, date of birth, username and password to be used with the service and other such details. Once the entire form is filled in with the mandatory fields, the user must enter the Captcha phrase to authenticate the registration.

Once the username entered is confirmed to be available, the email service informs of the signing up of the user with the service. A welcome email is sent to the user confirming the registration.

Upgrade from Hotmail

Users of Hotmail email service can simply upgrade to the Outlook.com and make use of the great features of the service to enhance their email sending and receiving experience. The process to upgrade from Hotmail to Outlook is fairly simple. You must simply go to the inbox of the Hotmail service and in the top right corner find ‘Options’. Click on this option and then on ‘Upgrade’. Instantly you would be taken to the new inbox of Outlook.com with all the settings of Hotmail inbox being intact.

All users of Xbox LIVE, Hotmail, SkyDrive and Windows Phone have the option to upgrade to the Outlook.com email service. This can be done by creating an alias for Outlook.com and then renaming the Hotmail account. These steps would skip the registration process as required for a new user and would simply form a new email address on Outlook.com.