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Sign into your Microsoft account. And if you already have a Skype account associated with another email address, you can opt to merge the two – just click the ‘I have a Skype account’ or ‘I’m new to Skype’ button. Click the ‘Merge accounts’ button after signing into your existing account.
- Users of the old Skype accounts can transform them in the Microsoft accounts. Also, they have the opportunity to combine Skype and Microsoft accounts. As a rule, this process is optional, but there are cases, when for the use of Skype you must get a Microsoft account without fail.
- How to Completely merge a Skype with a Microsoft account to Stop SPAM Looks like the nightmare of Skype and Microsoft is not ending anytime soon. First infrastructure update, and now even if you had linked a Microsoft account, you an still use your Skype Account credentials.
- Merging Skype and Microsoft accounts has become a one-way permanent process. And you can only link your Microsoft account once. According to the Skype support website: “Since your Skype account is already a Microsoft account, it is not possible to merge or unlink your Skype and Microsoft account.”.
Earlier this month Microsoft announced a new program for Skype users, allowing them to migrate their Skype accounts to Microsoft accounts and/or link them to existing Microsoft accounts.
Here’s why you should link your Microsoft and Skype accounts to further secure them. For a while, reports have been coming in indicating that Microsoft’s Skype accounts have been hacked, with users of Skype receiving spam messages from their Skype contacts, indicating a possible breach in Skype’s security.
While Microsoft has updated Skype’s back-end to link it with their more secure Microsoft account database, this isn’t readily apparent to users of either service for some reason, as the firm hasn’t had any public communications via way of notification informing users of this change.
Here’s how you can do it:
Merge Skype Account Into Microsoft Account
- Go to account.microsoft.com
- Login to your Skype account by using your Skype specific username and password. Even if you’re already linked your account to Skype previously, you’ll still need to use your Skype details. If you’re logged into your Microsoft account, you should log out and re-sign in using your Skype details and not your Microsoft one.
- Once that is done, you will be asked to sign in to your Microsoft account. Should you have multiple Microsoft accounts, choose the one that you would be using. For this tutorial, I’m using a dummy Skype and Microsoft account to demonstrate the process.
- Click Next to Update your Skype account with your pre-existing Microsoft account-linking them.
- You will be asked to enter your password, once this is done, you will be able to use your Microsoft account password -and only that – to sign into Skype.
- If you have another Skype account which is already tangentially connected to that Microsoft account, you will be warned that this link will be terminated
- Upon a successful login, Microsoft will alert you that you now have a single password for both Skype and other Microsoft services.
Merge Skype And Microsoft Account
Get started and secure your Microsoft account now!