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Re:Skype finalizes its move to the cloud, ignores the elepha... by HashThis on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @08:15PM (#12133605)
Microsoft is incredibly messed up on passwords and logins. Office 365 is password hell. They ask to login with a Microsoft account and I login with an Office 365 account, and they reject it. I stopped using my Hotmail account because their password problems blocked me. I had to take my Surface into their Geneius bar because I couldn't login because of password reset problems. I couldn't use my Surface at all for 4 months because of password problems and I gave up on it.

People will flee Microsoft because they fkup being an internet company or internet feature based company. They block their own customers and force them to flee away.

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Re:Skype finalizes its move to the cloud, ignores the elepha... by TYPE_FASTER on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @09:37PM (#12133971)
Yes. Simply entering a username into a Microsoft login page will, depending on the domain you landed on, redirect you before you enter a password.

I'm assuming they are working on merging all accounts across their online products, but it's not seamless.

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