What is a Microsoft account?

One sign in for Microsoft services you use, such Outlook email, OneDrive, Microsoft 365 license management and Windows backup on your PC (for apps and preferences) and more. Benefit from signing into Edge by having Edge Wallet for password management synced and available on all devices. Outlook email (People and Calendar) is free and uses Exchange to sync easily. There are over 400 million active Microsoft Outlook/Hotmail/Live email users in the world. To see your Microsoft account information and access the app launcher, tap or click on your profile icon in a Microsoft app or webpage (once signed in) or go to ww.account.microsoft.com, and sign in