Outlook was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith under the name Hotmail, but was later acquired by Microsoft in 1997 and relaunched as MSN Hotmail. It was later renamed Windows Live Hotmail as part of the Windows Live suite. However, Microsoft continually discontinued Hotmail in October 2011, and in 2012, relaunched the email service as 2012.
The Outlook login process is quite easy and is similar to other email services. If you have created an Outlook account, you must know about its user-friendly interface and amazing features. You can get your hands on all the features, once you learn how to sign in to your Outlook account.
Steps to sign in to Outlook account
To access Outlook on the web, the following steps will be helpful:
- To get started, in a URL, type https://outlook.live.com/owa/ and click ‘Login’ in the top right corner.
- After that, enter your Outlook email address and click ‘Next’.
- Next, you need to enter the password and then click ‘Login’.
- You will be successfully logged into your Outlook account.
Note: The same steps must be followed to sign in to your MSN Hotmail account which will end in @hotmail.com.
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Steps to sign in to Outlook on mobile devices
If you want to sign in to your Outlook account on your mobile device, you can do that too. You just have to download the Outlook app on your phone and then follow the given steps:
- Open the Outlook app once it has been downloaded; tap ‘Get Started’.
- Next, enter the email address and tap ‘Continue’.
- Enter your Outlook email password and tap ‘Sign In’.
For both Android and iOS devices, the steps to sign in to your Outlook account are almost the same.
Another benefit of having an Outlook account is that you can set up other email accounts such as:
Set up AT&T email in Outlook
Set up SBCGlobal email in Outlook
Set up Gmail in Outlook
Set up Yahoo mail in Outlook
This is how you can have multiple benefits with a single Outlook account.
Sign in problems with Outlook
There may be times when Outlook doesn’t work or you can’t sign in. If you are also facing Outlook login issues or Hotmail login issues like
‘I can’t sign in to Outlook’
‘Something went wrong and we can’t register you right now. Please try again later.’
‘Hotmail login not working’
‘Something went wrong’
Etc.
All of these Outlook or Hotmail login issues can be easily resolved by trying some general troubleshooting tips as follows:
- Your mobile device or PC must be connected to a strong and working internet connection.
- Make sure to enter the correct login credentials i.e. Outlook account username and password.
- In case you don’t remember the correct password, reset your Outlook password.
- It’s important to keep updating or changing your Outlook password so that no one else can hack into your account.
- If you try to sign in with a new device or from a new location, you may not be allowed to sign in until you verify your Microsoft account.
- If you’ve enabled 2-Step Verification for your Outlook account, you’ll be prompted to enter your verification code to sign in to your account.
All the above steps will help if you are unable to login to Hotmail or Outlook account.
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