Renaming MS Account to Outlook

[colonelcasey22]

The MS Account I currently have set up on my HD7 is using the old live.com email address. I should be getting my Nokia 925 in a couple days so I was wondering if this would be a good time to rename my account to use the outlook.com address. MS has an FAQ warning about the many things that may happen but would this really be an issue if I'm migrating everything to a new phone/WP8? I'd like to hear from others who have undergone the migration process to see what your experiences might be and what I should expect.

 

[Laura Knotek]

I kept the same WP7.8 device but changed my account from using a hotmail.com address to an outlook.com address. What I did was create an outlook.com alias and use that as my Microsoft account sign in. Add an Outlook.com alias to your account - Microsoft Windows Help

Once I added the outlook.com alias, I then selected it as my primary alias. I did not lose any of my settings.

 

[colonelcasey22]

I already have an alias set up with the same name (just with outlook.com) at the end. How would I select it as the primary alias? I don't see any options to do this under the "Account aliases" settings.

 

[Asrialys]

Yes, creating an alias and setting that as your default send-from address would probably be safer. That way, your Live.com address will still receive any important e-mails, in case you can't remember or don't want to change the e-mail on every site that has it in their database.

Aliases are also useful for junk e-mail addresses without having to create a new one

I already have an alias set up with the same name (just with outlook.com) at the end. How would I select it as the primary alias? I don't see any options to do this under the "Account aliases" settings.

Go to your Outlook settings and click on the "You email accounts" on the top-left. Scroll to the bottom.

 

[Laura Knotek]

I already have an alias set up with the same name (just with outlook.com) at the end. How would I select it as the primary alias? I don't see any options to do this under the "Account aliases" settings.

In outlook.com, click on the gear at the right. Then click Rename your email address.



On the next page, select the outlook.com address as your primary alias.

 

[Asrialys]

Oh, yes. There's that option. That's probably better. Heh, I just kept my old Hotmail address, but send stuff using my aliases.

 

[colonelcasey322]

Thanks for the info. MS does have a bunch of warnings over here: Outlook.com account FAQ | Windows Phone How-to (United States)

By renaming my primary alias while switching to a new phone, I shouldn't face any of the issues they state here?