A security key (ex: YubiKey) is a physical device that you can use instead of your user name and password to sign in. Since it’s used in addition to a fingerprint or PIN, even if someone has your security key, they won’t be able to sign in without the PIN or fingerprint that you create. Security keys are usually available for purchase from retailers that sell computer accessories.
There are different types of security keys that you can use, like a USB key that you plug in to your device or an NFC key that you tap on an NFC reader. Make sure to familiarize yourself with the type of security key you have by reading the instruction manual from the manufacturer.
Starting with Windows 10 build 18298, you can now set up a security key straight from Settings that you can log you into applications.
When you set up a security key, you add a PIN that helps keep it safe. Your security key PIN can be changed if needed.
This tutorial will show you how to change the PIN for your security key that can log you into applications for your account in Windows 10.
A security key (ex: YubiKey) is a physical device that you can use instead of your user name and password to sign in. Since it’s used in addition to a fingerprint or PIN, even if someone has your security key, they won’t be able to sign in without the PIN or fingerprint that you create. Security keys are usually available for purchase from retailers that sell computer accessories.
There are different types of security keys that you can use, like a USB key that you plug in to your device or an NFC key that you tap on an NFC reader. Make sure to familiarize yourself with the type of security key you have by reading the instruction manual from the manufacturer.
Starting with Windows 10 build 18298, you can now set up a security key straight from Settings that you can log you into applications.
This tutorial will show you how to set up a security key that can log you into applications for your account in Windows 10.
A security key (ex: YubiKey) is a physical device that you can use instead of your user name and password to sign in. Since it’s used in addition to a fingerprint or PIN, even if someone has your security key, they won’t be able to sign in without the PIN or fingerprint that you create. Security keys are usually available for purchase from retailers that sell computer accessories.
There are different types of security keys that you can use, like a USB key that you plug in to your device or an NFC key that you tap on an NFC reader. Make sure to familiarize yourself with the type of security key you have by reading the instruction manual from the manufacturer.
Starting with Windows 10 version 1809, you can sign in to your Microsoft account with Windows Hello or a security key in Microsoft Edge. This can be handy if you are tired of having to remember or reset your Microsoft account password.
This tutorial will show you how to set up a security key to sign in to your Microsoft account online using Microsoft Edge from your Windows 10 PC.
Windows Hello is a more personal way to sign in to your Microsoft account using your face, fingerprint, or a PIN. You can use Windows Hello to sign in to your device on the lock screen and sign in to your Microsoft account on the web.
Starting with Windows 10 version 1809, you can sign in to your Microsoft account with Windows Hello or a security key in Microsoft Edge. This can be handy if you are tired of having to remember or reset your Microsoft account password.
This tutorial will show you how to set up Windows Hello to sign in to your Microsoft account online using Microsoft Edge from your Windows 10 PC.
One of the many benefits of having a Microsoft account is a family group, which gives you access to family features and settings. It’s a free service that helps families stay connected and keeps kids safer on Windows 10, Xbox One devices, and Android devices running Microsoft Launcher. You’ll find settings like activity reporting, screen time limits, location sharing, and content filters, where you can also track kids’ spending and add money to their Microsoft accounts.
A Microsoft family group is separate from other Microsoft apps and programs. You can sign up with your email account. If you already use Skype, you’ll have a family chat set up and waiting for you once you create your family group. If you don’t already have Skype, get more information and sign up to create an account for your family.
Once you set up your family group, you can add or remove child and adult members.
A Microsoft account is what you use to sign in to Microsoft services such as outlook.com (or Hotmail), Office, OneDrive, Skype, Xbox, Windows, and more. It makes your experiences on devices and services more personal and relevant to you.
Any device (ex: PC, phone, tablet, laptop, Xbox, etc…) that you signed in to with your Microsoft account will be associated (connected) with your Microsoft account, and listed under “Your devices” online until you remove the device.
As an adult in your Microsoft family group, you can see all devices connected to your child’s account.
This tutorial will show you how to see all devices connected to the Microsoft account of a child member in your Microsoft family group.
One of the many benefits of having a Microsoft account is a family group, which gives you access to family features and settings. It’s a free service that helps families stay connected and keeps kids safer on Windows 10, Xbox One devices, and Android devices running Microsoft Launcher. You’ll find settings like activity reporting, screen time limits, location sharing, and content filters, where you can also track kids’ spending and add money to their Microsoft accounts.
A Microsoft family group is separate from other Microsoft apps and programs. You can sign up with your email account. If you already use Skype, you’ll have a family chat set up and waiting for you once you create your family group. If you don’t already have Skype, get more information and sign up to create an account for your family.
Once you set up your family group, you can add or remove child and adult members.
The content filters you set determine what your child can get from the websites they visit, which games they can play, or whether they need adult approval to buy from the Microsoft Store. Content filters include three settings: Ask a parent; Apps, games & media; and Web browsing. You set the rules, and you decide when to break them. Like with screen time, your child can send you exception requests for content that you can respond to through email or on account.microsoft.com/family.
You can require adult approval for the things your child wants to buy in Microsoft Store, except what they get with gift cards or money in their Microsoft account. Even when Ask a parent is turned off, you’ll still approve content that exceeds the age limit you set in the Apps, games & media section.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Ask a parent for a child member in your Microsoft family group to require adult approval to buy things in the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 and Xbox One devices.
One of the many benefits of having a Microsoft account is a family group, which gives you access to family features and settings. It’s a free service that helps families stay connected and keeps kids safer on Windows 10, Xbox One devices, and Android devices running Microsoft Launcher. You’ll find settings like activity reporting, screen time limits, location sharing, and content filters, where you can also track kids’ spending and add money to their Microsoft accounts.
A Microsoft family group is separate from other Microsoft apps and programs. You can sign up with your email account. If you already use Skype, you’ll have a family chat set up and waiting for you once you create your family group. If you don’t already have Skype, get more information and sign up to create an account for your family.
Once you set up your family group, you can add or remove child and adult members.
Once they accept the invitation, you can do things like schedule events on your family calendar, receive activity reports (child), and set screen time limits (child).
This tutorial will show you how to create and set up your Microsoft family group for access to family features and settings.
The Sticky Notes app is a preinstalled UWP (Universal Windows Platform) app in Windows 10. This apps allows you to create and save notes to the desktop of your Windows 10 PC. Thanks to a new and improved design, added intelligence and Pen support, it is now easier than ever to quickly capture and add context to all your notes.
If you sign in to Sticky Notes with your Microsoft account or work or school account, you will be able to sync your notes across all your Windows 10 devices that you are also signed in to Sticky Notes with the same Microsoft account or work or school account.
You can now get to your notes from anywhere with the introduction of Sticky Notes on the web. Your notes can now sync on Windows 10 devices and on the web from any device.
When you sign out of Sticky Notes, you will not have access to your synced notes again until you sign back in. Any new notes you create will not be synced until you sign in next.
This tutorial will show you how to access and use Sticky Notes online on the web and sync with Sticky Notes on your Windows 10 devices.
Microsoft has added a new Push To Install service on June 6, 2018 to the Microsoft Store online website for a feature called Install on my devices that allows you to remotely install apps you own with your Microsoft account from the Microsoft Store online website to any of your Windows 10 devices that you also sign in to with the same Microsoft account.
If you like, you can configure a group policy setting to enable or disable if users will be able to push Apps to this device from the Microsoft Store running on other devices or the web. If disabled, users will still be able to go through the process to remotely install apps from the Microsoft Store online to this PC, but the app will not actually get installed.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Push To Install service for users to remotely install apps from the Microsoft Store online website to this Windows 10 PC.
When Sync settings is turned on, Windows syncs the settings you choose across all your Windows 10 devices that you’ve signed in to with your Microsoft account.
The settings you choose to sync are also saved in OneDrive (cloud).
You can choose to sync your theme, passwords, language preferences, Ease of Access, and Other Windows settings settings. If you turn on Other Windows settings, Windows syncs some device settings (for things like printers and mouse options), File Explorer settings, and notification preferences. For a complete list of settings that Windows can sync, see Windows 10 roaming settings reference.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable syncing Other Windows settings on the Sync your settings page in Settings for all users in Windows 10.
When Sync settings is turned on, Windows syncs the settings you choose across all your Windows 10 devices that you’ve signed in to with your Microsoft account.
The settings you choose to sync are also saved in OneDrive (cloud).
You can choose to sync your theme, passwords, language preferences, Ease of Access, and Other Windows settings settings. If you turn on Other Windows settings, Windows syncs some device settings (for things like printers and mouse options), File Explorer settings, and notification preferences. For a complete list of settings that Windows can sync, see Windows 10 roaming settings reference.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable syncing theme on the Sync your settings page in Settings for all users in Windows 10.
When Sync settings is turned on, Windows syncs the settings you choose across all your Windows 10 devices that you’ve signed in to with your Microsoft account.
The settings you choose to sync are also saved in OneDrive (cloud).
You can choose to sync your theme, passwords, language preferences, Ease of Access, and Other Windows settings settings. If you turn on Other Windows settings, Windows syncs some device settings (for things like printers and mouse options), File Explorer settings, and notification preferences. For a complete list of settings that Windows can sync, see Windows 10 roaming settings reference.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable syncing passwords on the Sync your settings page in Settings for all users in Windows 10.
Microsoft has added a new feature on June 6, 2018 to the Microsoft Store online called Install on my devices that allows you to remotely install apps you own with your Microsoft account from the Microsoft Store online website to any of your Windows 10 devices that you also sign in to with the same Microsoft account.
This tutorial will show you how to remotely install apps you own from the Microsoft Store online to any of your Windows 10 devices.
When sync settings is turned on, Windows syncs the settings you choose across all your Windows 10 devices that you’ve signed in to with your Microsoft account.
The settings and app data you choose to sync are also saved in OneDrive (cloud).
You can choose to sync your theme, passwords, language preferences, Ease of Access, and Other Windows settings settings. If you turn on Other Windows settings, Windows syncs some device settings (for things like printers and mouse options), File Explorer settings, and notification preferences. For a complete list of settings that Windows can sync, see Windows 10 roaming settings reference.
This tutorial will show you how to delete your sync settings from OneDrive for Windows 10 devices that you have signed in to with your Microsoft account.
Microsoft Edge is a new web browser that is available across the Windows 10 device family. It is designed for Windows 10 to be faster, safer, and compatible with the modern Web.
Starting with Windows 10 Creators Update, you are able to open and read EPUB books in Microsoft Edge along with the following features:
Starting with Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, you are able to annotate EPUB books in Microsoft Edge to:
Starting with Windows 10 build 17083, you can now export and clear your reading progress, notes, and bookmarks data for EPUB books (from the Microsoft Store) in Microsoft Edge.
This tutorial will show you how to clear your reading progress, notes, and bookmarks data from all your EPUB books you read with Microsoft Edge for your Microsoft account across all Windows 10 devices.
Microsoft Edge is a new web browser that is available across the Windows 10 device family. It is designed for Windows 10 to be faster, safer, and compatible with the modern Web.
Starting with Windows 10 Creators Update, you are able to open and read EPUB books in Microsoft Edge along with the following features:
Starting with Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, you are able to annotate EPUB books in Microsoft Edge to:
Starting with Windows 10 build 17083, you can now export and clear your reading progress, notes, and bookmarks data for EPUB books (from the Microsoft Store) in Microsoft Edge.
This tutorial will show you how to export your reading progress, notes, and bookmarks data for EPUB books you read with Microsoft Edge in Windows 10.
Windows Hello in Windows 10 enables users to sign in to their device using a PIN (Personal Identification Number). You can use this PIN to sign in to Windows, apps, and services.
One important difference between a password and a Hello PIN is that the PIN is tied to the specific device on which it was set up. That PIN is useless to anyone without that specific hardware. Someone who steals your password can sign in to your account from anywhere, but if they steal your PIN, they’d have to steal your physical device too!
Even you can’t use that PIN anywhere except on that specific device. If you want to sign in on multiple devices, you have to set up Hello on each device.
If you forgot your PIN, you can reset it. If you have a Microsoft account with a PIN, you can reset the PIN at sign-in.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable PIN reset at sign-in for all Microsoft accounts on the PC in Windows 10.
Have you ever used Outlook.com, Hotmail, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype, Xbox, or Windows? The email address and password you use for any of those services is your Microsoft account.
Your Microsoft account gives you access to apps and games from Microsoft Store, and lets you see your settings and other stuff across multiple Windows 10 devices.
You can add a local account or Microsoft account in Windows 10, and sign in to Windows 10 with a local account or Microsoft account.
If wanted, you are able to block Microsoft accounts on your Windows 10 PC with either of the following security policy settings:
This tutorial will show you how to allow or block Microsoft accounts on your Windows 10 PC.
Starting with Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14328, email addresses of Microsoft accounts are now hidden by default on the sign-in screen.
You can use group policy to prevent users from showing account details (ex: email address) on the sign-in screen.
If you enable this policy setting, account details will not show on the sign-in screen for all users, and users cannot choose to show account details on the sign-in screen.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users may choose to hide or show their account details on the sign-in screen.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to hide or show account details (ex: email address) on the sign-in screen for all Microsoft account users on the Windows 10 PC.
A Microsoft account is what you use to sign in to Microsoft services such as outlook.com (or Hotmail), Office, OneDrive, Skype, Xbox, Windows, and more. It makes your experiences on devices and services more personal and relevant to you.
Any device (ex: PC, phone, tablet, laptop, Xbox, etc…) that you signed in to with your Microsoft account will be associated with your Microsoft account, and listed under “Your devices” online until you remove the device.
You can sign in to your Microsoft account online to find your phone, get support, and get warranty info for your devices.
You would want to remove a device from your Microsoft account after you no longer have it anymore.
This tutorial will show you how to remove a Xbox One, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 10 Mobile device from your Microsoft account.