Earning Bing reward points is easy—simply search and browse with your Microsoft edge or Bing. Even, you will get Bing reward points for having fun like playing games, taking quizzes. You can use the dashboard to see all your points and progress. Use Microsoft edge and start earning for free. 

What will you get with Microsoft Rewards? 

A lot of things you can get with your Microsoft rewards points. Movies, Games, music, apps, and many more Microsoft services. You just need to redeem your points on the store for any content you want. 

Also, you can use these points to buy an Xbox One or many other great devices offered by Microsoft. As far I know, no other company/service offering gifts/rewards like this Microsoft reward program that allows you to earn by doing almost anything you love to do. I can assure you one thing; I'm using their products and Microsoft devices are great to use. 

How can you earn Microsoft Reward Points?

Well, the earning method is as simple as drinking a cup of coffee. You should only do what you really like to do. Never be greedy to get more points by trying some cheap tricks to escape from Microsoft monitoring. The only search with Bing, shop, use Microsoft Edge, etc. below are some more ways to earn reward points. 

Get more rewards points with Microsoft Edge  

Microsoft Edge is the main program that gives you a chance to win free rewards for perusing the web. Acquire points for each hour of dynamic perusing with Microsoft Edge.

How to start earning with Microsoft Edge?

Log in to your Windows 10 device with a Microsoft account that used for your Microsoft Rewards membership. If you are not a member yet, please be sure to signup for Microsoft Reward Program. You must set up your data settings correctly in your Windows 10 diagnostic so that you will earn reward points for actively browsing with Microsoft Edge. 

The earning program by browsing on Edge collects the total time spent actively browsing, and Microsoft promises not to track users visited websites and not to sell any data to third party services. In my view, it's a pretty cool program especially if you are living in the United States and the United Kingdom and some European country. 

Where are Microsoft Rewards available?

Microsoft Rewards is currently only available in the U.S., U.K. France, Germany, and Australia.

Is my country eligible for Microsoft Reward program?  

If you are living in the U.S, U.K, France, Germany, Australia then you are lucky, and your country is eligible for the Microsoft reward program. If you don't see your country name in the list, don't panic. It will be available soon more than 150 countries. 

Sign into your domain-joined Windows 10 device with your Microsoft Rewards account.

Also read: 

• Everything you need to know about Bing Bar, Click Here. 
• What is Bing Ads? How did it work? Learn here. 

Here is a snap from Microsoft official website to give you an idea, how to join the earning program. You can pin it for later use. 

When will I see my browser & earn points? 

• Points earned today will be refreshed on your rewards dashboard the following day.
• Note: When your gadget is running on a battery, your peruse and earn points might be deferred for 4 hours or more until the point that you connect to your device.
• The month to month making top is reset the most recent day of the timetable month at 11:59 PM your local time.

Microsoft Edge Browse & Earn System Requirements 

The peruse and earn program requires Microsoft Edge running on Windows 10.  Customers utilizing Windows 10 Enterprise, Education or Pro versions may have them 'Analytic and use information' debilitated by their IT office.

1. Click here (go to Microsoft tutorial) to learn how to check which rendition of Windows 10 is introduced on your gadget. 
   
2. To check if user information has been impaired, go to Start, at that point select Settings > Privacy > Feedback and diagnostics. Look at the drop down menu under Diagnostic and utilization data.  If the menu is set to Security, your IT office has handicapped sharing useful information, and this gadget is not qualified for the program.
3. To kill metering on your Wi-Fi association, go to Start, at that point select Settings > Network and Internet > Wi-Fi > Manage known systems. Select the Wi-Fi system and click Properties, and under Metered Association, turn the Set as metered association change to "Off." If the change is set to "On" and turned gray out, this gadget is not qualified for the program. 
   

Also read: How to check Bing Rewards Dashboard.

Bing.com search must be set as the default search engine on your Microsoft Edge to earn points for searching and browsing. Click here to go to Microsoft official site to learn how you can change your default search engine on Microsoft Edge.

Here is a video from official Microsoft Bing rewards program I added to this post to see once at least. 

Microsoft/Bing reward is now available for the United Kingdom users. If you want to get rewarded for using the internet, doing your everyday work, use Microsoft Edge or Bing. You can win fantastic prizes with Microsoft Rewards. And yes, it is now almost live in the UK.

How much you can earn with Bing reward?

You can earn up to 30 points per day. Three points per search on PC. You can win a double amount points if you search with the Bing on Microsoft Edge until 15/8/2017. Go here to try start earning Bing points now.

Note: Earn at least 1 point for every £ spent at the Microsoft and Windows stores!

Are Microsoft rewards free?

Bing Rewards is now Microsoft Rewards. As a Microsoft Rewards member, anyone can earn rewards by searching with Bing. Also, for using Microsoft edge, Microsoft stores they can earn points. The best part is you don't have to spend anything. Winning rewards are free for all.

How do you get Microsoft Points for Xbox 360?

To redeem a code on your Xbox 360 follows the below steps:

1. Sign in to Xbox Live with your Microsoft account.
2. Click on the Guide button on the controller.
3. Look for "Games & Apps" click on it and select Redeem Code.
4. Now enter your 25-character code (voucher code/prepaid code) and select Done.
5. On the next screen, click Yes to confirm the redemption.

The service will replace Xbox Rewards and eventually, the currency itself.

To make the best of the service, you will need to switch your browser to Microsoft Edge. Which means Bing on Windows 10. I'm using it and its great. If you have any negative thought about Microsoft Internet Explorer forget it. Edge has improved its service and layout and its competitive with Mozilla and Chrome. 

Microsoft Edge is faster & uses less battery. This ensures a better lifetime of the product. 


Until now, we don't get any official launch date for Microsoft reward service. But we got the option to sign up for Microsoft reward. 

I saw a welcome message in my account with a beautiful "Coming Soon" display. There I found a subreddit with this news, and I guess this sooner we will get an official announcement of Microsoft Rewards in the United Kingdom. 

The US version of Bing rewards is monitoring The Edge behavior for a better service. It's also rolled out in the Australia. 

I don't know if there has any other service similar to this one. But I would like to see if Mozilla, Google join to this reward competition. Also, I hope this will be available for all the country. 

You can use the latest version of Bing Toolbar to search the Web, view your e-mail messages, see weather forecasts, get traffic information, view Facebook updates, and more.
Bing edge has its most amazing features with this built in tool. Previously this tool was featured with Mozilla, but recently they discontinued. 
 

What is Bing Toolbar?

The Microsoft Bing toolbar is a browser extension bar developed by Microsoft Corp designed for Internet Explorer. With a single click, it gives easy access to Facebook, email login, skype, windows help, the weather and more.

Bing Bar incorporates features from Windows Live and from the Bing search engine.

Bing toolbar features 

Check out the latest news, headlines, and contents of Bing News, weather, and forecasts for several cities around the world check your Outlook.com inbox, check out your Facebook friends and more, Without leaving the currently open page.

You can search the web from any website. Also, you can gGet notifications about features, new content, and other information you're interested in while browsing the web. 

You can join the Bing Rewards Program and earn credits to earn great rewards just for your research. 

Required configuration for Bing toolbar

• Windows 7 or later Windows Vista
• Internet Explorer 7 or later
• 100 MB free hard disk space
• If you are running Windows 8, go to the desktop to use the Bing Toolbar.
• After installation, the Bing Toolbar appears at the top of each Internet Explorer window when browsing the Web.

If you do not see the features described here, you may not have the latest version of the Bing Toolbar. To install it, go to the Bing Toolbar Download Page.
Some functions and features described here may not be available in your country or region.

Search the web with Bing toolbar

The Bing Toolbar search box appears in the center of the Bing Toolbar and provides excellent search capabilities including search history, most frequent searches, and instant answers.

• Launch Web searches on the Bing expands toolbar image
• Open Internet Explorer.
• Type the search term in the search box in the center of the Bing Toolbar.
• Press Enter or click the Search button Image of the Search button on the Bing toolbar.

Manage your search history image

• Open Internet Explorer.
• Click in the search box in the center of the Bing Toolbar.
• At the bottom of the search scrolling list, click Settings.

Do one or more of the following:

• To hide your search history from the Bing Toolbar drop-down list, remove the Show Search History check box.
• To remove your search history in the Bing Toolbar, click Clear Search History.
• To manage the history of your Bing searches, click Review and edit your Bing.com search history.

If you do not see the Bing bar features described here, you may not have the latest version of the Bing Toolbar. We recommend you to install it, go to the Bing Toolbar Download Page. (Official Link Here)

Choosing and Organizing Bing Toolbar Buttons

You can add and remove buttons in the Bing Toolbar and change the order in which they appear.

• On the right side of the Bing Toolbar, click the Image Settings icon in the Bing Toolbar Settings icon.
• On the Applications tab, do one or more of the following:
• To add a button, choose it in the Other applications to add list, and then click Add.
• To remove a button, select it in the Applications that already exists list, and then click Delete.
• To move a button, select it from the Applications already existing file, then use the Up and Down arrows to change its position.

You can not delete the search box on the Bing Toolbar.

• If the button that you added to the Bing Toolbar does not appear, increase the width of the Internet Explorer browser window.
• If you do not see the features described here, you may not have the latest version of the Bing Toolbar. To install it, go to the Bing Toolbar Download Page.

How to install the Bing toolbar by using Windows Update

To install the Bing toolbar in Windows XP, follow these steps:

• Click Start, click All Programs, and then click Windows Update.
• Wait for Windows Update to check for updates.
• Click Custom.
• Click Software, Optional on the left panel.
• Select Bing Toolbar in the right pane, and then click Check and Install Updates.
• Click Install Updates.
• After you install the update, restart Windows Internet Explorer.

To install the Bing bar in Windows Vista and Windows 7, follow these steps:

• Click Start, click All Programs, and then click Windows Update.
• Click Search for updates online from Microsoft Update.
• Click on the link Optional updates are available. 

Note

• The placeholder represents the number of optional updates that are available for download.
• Under the Bing category, select Bing Toolbar.
• Click OK, and then click Install Updates to start the download and installation process.
• To install the Bing bar on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, follow these steps:
• Scroll to the right edge of the screen, and then press Search. 

Note: If you are using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click Search.

Type Windows Update in the search box, tap or click Settings, and then click or click Install optional updates.

• Click Search for updates online from Microsoft Update.
• Click on the link number of optional updates are available. Note  The placeholder represents the number of optional updates that are available for download. 
• Under the Bing category, select Bing Toolbar.
• Click OK, and then click Install Updates to start the download and installation process.

How to uninstall the Bing Bar

To uninstall the Bing toolbar in Windows Vista and Windows 7, follow these steps:

• Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
• Under Programs , click Uninstall a program .
• In the Uninstall or modify a program list, click Bing Toolbar, and then click Uninstall.

Follow the instructions.
To uninstall the Bing Bar on Windows XP, follow these steps:

• Click Start and click Control Panel, and then double-click Add / Remove Programs.
• In the Currently installed programs list, click Bing Toolbar, and then click Remove.
• To uninstall the Bing Bar on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, follow these steps:
• Scroll to the right side of the screen and press Search. 

Note: If you are using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click Search.

• Type uninstall a program in the search box, tap or click Settings, and then tap or click Uninstall a program.
• In the Uninstall or modify a program list, tap or click Bing Bar, and then click or click Uninstall and follow instructions. 

Microsoft offers gift cards and prepaid codes for a variety of services. This page addresses the different types of prepaid codes and gift cards you can use to purchase Xbox-related content, the types of content you can buy, and how your Microsoft account affects each type of prepaid code.

Xbox Gift Card

What can you buy with an Xbox gift card?

Xbox Gift Cards are an exceptional way to get the latest games and entertainment from the Xbox Store. When you have redeemed your Xbox gift card in your Microsoft account, use it to purchase the latest games, map packs, movies, TV, music, applications and more at any participating Microsoft online store including Windows and Windows Phone stores.
Notes:

• You can not use the Xbox Gift Card to directly purchase an Xbox Live Gold subscription or any other subscription service.
• You can not use the Xbox Gift Card to purchase content from the Xbox 360 Marketplace or Xbox 360 content on Xbox One.
• When buying an Xbox gift card, make sure that the currency you have used is the money associated with the recipient's billing account. Otherwise, the recipient will not be able to redeem the gift card.
• If you redeem an Xbox gift card in a country that is not the country associated with your billing account,  you will not be able to use those funds.
• Funds from your Microsoft account can not be transferred after you redeem your Xbox gift card.
• You can not use your Microsoft account funds to buy physical products from online stores.

Windows Gift Card

What can you buy with a Windows Gift Card?

Windows Gift Cards work just like Xbox Gift Cards and are an excellent way to get the latest games, applications, and entertainment from the Windows Store. When you have redeemed your Windows gift card in your Microsoft account, use it to purchase content from any participating Microsoft online store, including Windows Phone and Xbox stores.
Notes:

• You can not use the Windows Gift Card to directly purchase an Xbox Live Gold subscription or any other subscription service.
• You can not use the Windows Gift Card to purchase content from the Xbox 360 Marketplace or Xbox 360 content on the Xbox One.
• When purchasing a Windows Gift Card, make sure that the currency you have used is the one associated with the recipient's billing account. Otherwise, the recipient will not be able to redeem the gift card.
• If you redeem a Windows gift card in a country that is not the country associated with your billing account, you will not be able to use those funds.
• Funds from your Microsoft account can not be transferred after you have redeemed your Windows Gift Card.
• You can not use the funds in your Microsoft account to buy physical products inOnline stores.

Xbox Live Gold subscription prepaid code

What can I buy with a prepaid Xbox Live Gold subscription code?

You can use a prepaid Xbox Live Gold subscription code to purchase a 1, 3 or 12 month Xbox Live Gold subscription and use it on your Xbox console. You can not buy anything else with this type of prepaid code.

Other prepaid codes

What can you buy with other types of prepaid codes?

In addition to Xbox gift cards, Windows gift cards, and prepaid Xbox Live Gold membership codes, there are other types of prepaid codes for specific items.

Examples include the EA Access Pass for an Xbox One download code, pre-paid download codes for specific games, downloadable content codes for specific games, and the Groove Music Pass digital system.

These prepaid codes can only be used to purchase the desired Xbox subscription or content. You can not buy anything else with this type of prepaid system.

Microsoft partners can earn up to $ 50,000 by selling cloud services.

Microsoft has introduced the CSP Power Up program, a new promotion that is available from February 1 and runs through June 30 for CSP (Cloud Service Providers) partners, whereby business partners Which sell services in the Microsoft cloud through the CSP model can earn up to $ 50,000 in incentives.

In this way, partners who market Microsoft cloud solutions through the CSP model will be able to get up to $ 73 for each new Office 365 or Dynamics 365 user, $ 35 for each new Enterprise Mobility + Security user and up to 20% Invoiced by the sale of Azure .

But not only that, as business partners who provide services in the Microsoft cloud can earn up to $ 10 per user by selling Windows 10 Enterprise licenses in both their E3 version and the E5 option.

Learn more about the new CSP PowerUP program by visiting this link to Microsoft's official site. 

Microsoft Office 365 became one of the most used productivity application. It 
continues to be the company's most profitable business and productivity product.

Wouldn't you use Microsoft's Edge browser if you get paid? Bing Rewards is renamed Microsoft Rewards and offers rewards for using Edge and buying from Microsoft stores. But you'll also have to make Bing your default search engine to earn points in your redesigned rewards program.

Six years ago, Microsoft launched the Bing Rewards program, which offered users the ability to earn redeemable credits for products, gift cards, or gifts if they used Microsoft services.

Now, the Microsoft have announced that this program will be renamed Microsoft Rewards (disengaging from the brand "Bing," which also dispensed with a year ago with MSN Apps). The operation of the program will remain mostly the same, although from now on we will be able to win prizes in faster and simpler ways, such as navigating with Microsoft Edge or buying from the Microsoft store registered with our account.

What is Bing Rewards?

Bing rewards or Microsoft Rewards lets users get paid to try new features of Microsoft, using Bing search, on desktop or mobile. Bing rewards credit can be redeemed for gift cards and other Microsoft products. To earn go to credits bing.com/explore/rewards and sign up.

Microsoft has reported that all of our Bing Rewards accounts will be automatically upgraded to Microsoft Rewards over the next few weeks so that we do not have to make any changes on our part. With this update comes a new point system where a Bing credit now corresponds to 10 Microsoft Rewards points. If you want to know more, this is the official page with the FAQ. What do you think of Microsoft Awards?

Microsoft will pay you to use your browser Edge

Nearly three-quarters of Windows 10 users do not use the Edge browser, which comes by default in the new version of Microsoft's operating system. So Microsoft now plans to pay for people to use it.

The Microsoft Rewards program, announced this week, is the new name of Bing Rewards, a program that gave people points for using the Bing search engine. The new curriculum, currently available only in the United States, will give people points for using Edge and Bing, and for shopping at the Microsoft store.

These points can be redeemed for vouchers or credits in places like Amazon, Starbucks, Skype and the free version of ads from Outlook.com.

But there's one condition: you have to use Microsoft's Bing search engine as your search engine.

Microsoft launched Edge in May, arguing that it was a faster search engine, with better battery efficiency and better overall than the competition. However, it currently has a market share of only 5 percent.

Microsoft dominated the browser market with Internet Explorer, Edge's predecessor. In the last decade, however, has seen a significant drop in the number of users due to the arrival of alternatives such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

10 Reasons why you should use Outlook.com free email

Microsoft’s has awesome free email service on the web is on Outlook.com . The saga of email from Hotmail to Outlook is really interesting as the two email service from the same company are following different norms and patterns of usage. Where Hotmail has been seen as ads embossed and cluttered in design, Outlook is on the opposite side exhibiting sheer beauty, simplicity and speed. Here in this post, let me tell you ten compelling reasons why you should start using Outlook.com as your main email service provider :

1. Integration and single account/sign in experience : If you have windows mobile, start using outlook.com email as this will enable the single sign in experience, synchronization across various platforms, easy management and improved integration. The earlier you adopt, easy it would be. Outlook’s email service is aimed at easy transition/switching from another email service provider including gmail. Microsoft is also launching Microsoft Surface which is a tablet based on windows 8 os. Xbox new console which is yet to be launched will also rely on integration channel.
2. Outlook’s email service is fast, realtime. Yeah, from what I have observed, it is relatively faster than gmail.
3. It is simple, user friendly, optimized for touchscreen devices. It is more content focused. The ads are unobtrusive. Even a newbie can start using it without any assistance.
4. You’re getting virtually unlimited storage for your email so you need not worry about your old mails and archiving purposes. You need not free up your inbox to make space for new mails. In addition to this, you’ll get free complimentary 7 GB of cloud storage from Microsoft Skydrive.
5. You can send attachments of larger file size : a single file can be of upto 300 mb (100 mb directly from your computer and 300 mb from your skydrive). Even gmail doesn’t provide this large file size attachment options.
6. You can connect facebook and twitter accounts so that you can check your friends’ updates, like, comment an/or retweet their tweets.
7. You can create multiple email alias : Email alias are like normal email address except that you don’t need to create another account. Emails to your email alias will be saved in a folder in your account by default. For example, if my main account is onlineusa @ outlook.com for all my mails, I may create email alias to receive sales/advertising related queries in separate folder in my inbox by creating email alias-  onlineliving @ outlook.com .. So, with one account, you get several email addresses with email alias feature.
8. If you love Microsoft and their products/services, just use it.
9. If you use outlook software and love it, why not use outlook email service. Outlook 2016 will have fantastic experience with outlook.com’s email.
10. Outlook.com is new, so just try it if you are among those who are so-called early adopters and always looking for something new to have your hands on.

So, Are you switching to outlook’s email ? If already switched, share with us your valuable experience in comments below.

10 Reasons why you shouldn't use Outlook.com free email

Did you ever try to explain to a friend why he or she shouldn’t use Hotmail? There are many good reasons to avoid Microsoft’s services, but these reasons are not so easy to explain in a clear and unambiguous way.
This article details 10 technical and ethical reasons about why Hotmail is not a good choice. If you find it useful, please share it!

1. Hotmail limits the attachment size

Hotmail’s attachment size limit has been 10 MB for years. Meanwhile, many webmail providers offer between 20 and 100 MB – for free! Even the paying version Hotmail Plus allows only 20 MB, while Gmail and Yahoo provide 25 MB.


Q. Why would I need more that 10 MB attachments?
A. 10 MB is not only the largest size for one attachment, but also the maximal size for all attachments together (for each e-mail)! If you have a recent digital camera, you won’t be able to send more than 3 full-size pictures. And forget about sending even a small video taken with the same camera through Hotmail. It won’t work. (Anyway, e-mails are not suited for bigger attachments. Use a service like Dropbox.)

2. Hotmail spams outgoing e-mails

Before sending them, Hotmail injects ads (with active links) inside your outgoing e-mails. As a Hotmail user, you’re de facto advertising Hotmail and other Windows Live services to your contacts – mostly without realizing it!

Yahoo Mail has stopped this dishonest practice long ago, and Gmail doesn’t insert ads to outgoing messages. If you don’t want to spam your correspondent’s inbox anymore, leave Hotmail!

3. Hotmail doesn’t support IMAP

The Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is one of the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval (the other being POP).
Hotmail does not support IMAP. According to Wikipedia, following free webmail services do support IMAP: Gmail, AOL Mail, the Russian provider Mail.ru.

Q. Why would I need IMAP?
A. IMAP probably is the best solution to sync your existing email account with mobile devices: Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm webOS, Symbian or even – open standards achieve miracles – Windows Mobile 5 or 6 devices. You could also use IMAP in Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird – but not with an Hotmail account.
As it does not support IMAP, syncing Hotmail to an iPhone will need money and patience.

4. “Hotmail” doesn’t sound serious

The name “Hotmail” itself does not sound like anything serious. If you use it only for private correspondence, you’ll be fine. Only your geekiest contacts may tastelessly roll in the aisles when they see your e-mail address, but they won’t stop loving you for so little.
However, please do forget about using a Hotmail address for business purposes, or worse, send job applications from a Hotmail address, especially in the IT field. It could promote your application on its direct way to the shredder.

If you personally don’t mind about your e-mail address ending with @hotmail.com, you should know that some people do – not to speak of human resources managements.

5. Hotmail can’t forward e-mails

Hotmail does automatically forward e-mails, but only to other Windows Live Hotmail accounts – else you have to pay!

On the other side, Gmail, Mail.ru, the German GMX as well as the Czech provider Seznam.cz provide automatic e-mail forwarding for free..

Q. Why would I need e-mail forwarding?
A. Let’s take two basic scenarios as examples:
1. Suppose you have a private (Hotmail), as well as one or more other (professional, academic, internet-provider-based, …) accounts. With e-mail forwarding, you could automatically forward e-mails from one account to another, so that you wouldn’t have to check so many inboxes. Impossible with Hotmail.
2. Suppose that you have had a Hotmail account for years, but it doesn’t satisfy you anymore – be it for technical or moral reasons. When moving to a new e-mail provider, you’ll want to configure Hotmail to forward incoming e-mails to your new address. Hotmail won’t. You’re trapped!

6. Hotmail deletes your e-mails

Hotmail has a long history of not delivering e-mails, blacklisting entire domains, silently deleting attachments and filtering spam too aggressively, which marks as junk or erases important e-mails.

7. Moral issues concerning Microsoft

In November 2007, Microsoft has been caught bribing the Nigerian organization TSC, which wanted to deploy 17,000 Intel Classmate PCs (rugged laptops aimed for educational use in developing countries) with a pre-installed Mandriva Linux system. Amount of the bribe: $400,000.

8. Microsoft wants your money

Microsoft has been condemned several times by the European Union, for blocking its competitors out of the market through anti-competitive practices and abuse of its dominant position in the market. In 2008, the EU fined Microsoft €899 million (US$1.44 billion), the largest penalty ever imposed in 50 years of EU competition policy.
Q. Am I concerned by this?
A. Yes, almost directly! As in the similar case EU vs Intel, anti-competitive practices result in companies earning monopoly profits, causing higher prices on the consumer market. Concretely, if you acquired a PC in the past years, it was overpriced because Microsoft made monopoly profits on the bundled software. Too much of your money ended up in Microsoft’s pocket.

9. Microsoft is NOT green

Greenpeace regularly publishes a guide to green electronics, in which Microsoft scores disastrously:

Well, I know, this “guide to greener electronics” is about electronics, not about software and webmails. However, if you care about toxic chemicals, recycling and climate change, you should know that Microsoft does not.

10. More reasons not to use Hotmail

Do you miss a good reason for not using Hotmail? Please add a comment, and I’ll be glad to update this article. I’m particularly interested in informations on:
– Microsoft’s direct involvement in the irregularities of the standardization of Office Open XML process
– Microsoft’s support to anti-ecological lobbies
– More good reasons to avoid Hotmail
– Free and independent e-mail providers.

 Final thoughts

There are plenty e-mail providers here around, Wikipedia provides a comparison of webmail providers. To me, Gmail is clearly the winner, both from a technical and an ethical point of view. A migration from Hotmail to Gmail is fast and painless, as Gmail will import e-mails and contacts for you.