If your Microsoft 365 login is a different email address, then the benefits don’t apply. The account (strictly speaking Microsoft account) has to be directly linked to a Microsoft 365 plan. “ I have both a Microsoft 365 plan AND – but I don’t get the advertised ‘365’ benefits (50GB mailbox and 1TB of OneDrive) in ?” My doesn’t have the Microsoft 365 benefits That’s in addition to all the other Microsoft 365 plan benefits. Email encryption option – receivers have to view message in a browser.

50GB of online storage, mostly for emailIncludes file attachments (until )Personalized email address with your own domain (ends for new users on 30 November Feb 2023).

If your address (aka Microsoft account) is linked to a Microsoft 365 plan (Family or Personal), the mailbox gets a significant boost.

Can be used to login to Windows computers and share some settings.

To save files, photos and videos with optional sharing.

15GB of online storage, mostly for emailIncludes file attachments (until ).

Regardless of the domain name, it’s all the same service and limits freeĬreating a free account gives you, among other things is the modern name for Microsoft’s free mailbox service, it’s had other names and domain names in the past which some people still use, like and plus country specific alternatives such as etc.

It’s a point that confuses many people.

How people can have a Microsoft 365 plan but still NOT get those extras.

Extras for someone with a Microsoft 365 plan (Personal or Family) linked to.

What everyone can get from Microsoft ‘free’ with just an account.

An login is also a Microsoft account for access to Microsoft 365 and login to Windows.Īt the moment, mail hosting and OneDrive storage are separate services but early next year they’ll be linked in new way. When you sign-up for, you also get cloud file storage on Microsoft’s OneDrive service (similar to Dropbox or Google Drive). It’s Microsoft’s rival to Google’s Gmail. is Microsoft’s free email service, formerly known as Hotmail.

This is in advance of changes coming in February 2023. Here’s how mailbox storage limits work now for both Microsoft 365 customers and ‘free’ users too.

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