How to Create an Outlook Account?

Do you have an outlook account or you want to create one? The outlook is a web-based email service that was earlier known by the name Hotmail. Microsoft has acquired Hotmail in the year 1997 and in the year 2012, it has relaunched Hotmail with a new name Outlook. Outlook provides email, contact, task and calendar services to its users.

Though the users with old Hotmail id haven’t changed their email id. But whenever they log in with the Hotmail id, they see Outlook’s interface. In this section, we will discuss the steps to create an outlook account.

Steps to Create an Outlook Account:

Step 1: Open your web browser and type oulook.com in the URL, it will automatically redirect to outlook.live.com. To initiate the process you have click Create free account button as you can see in the image below.

Step 2: Here, you have to enter your username for creating your account. If the username provided by you already exists with outlook it will ask you to enter a new username for your account.

Step 3: At this point, you have to create a password for your account. You have to follow the instructions provided, for creating a valid password. Click on Next.

Step 4: Further you have to provide your First name & Last name, it will be displayed as your profile name on your outlook account. Click on Next.

Step 5: The next information it asks from you is your country and your date of birth. Enter the corresponding details and click on Next.

Step 6: Now, it’s the time when Microsoft confirms that the account has been created by a real person by asking to fill the captcha. Enter the displayed captcha and click on Next.

Step 7: Your account has been created and you also have received a welcome message from the outlook. Now, you can start sending and receiving messages from your account.

So, this is how you can create your outlook account. Hope the content is useful. Keep reading.