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Is Outlook email free for business?
Microsoft Outlook offers a free plan, but it doesn’t come with a custom domain (only an @outlook.com one), which may not be suitable for business use. It also only accommodates one user. Microsoft 365’s business plans start at $6 a month and let you use a custom email domain (e.g., [email protected]) and add multiple users to your organization. It also comes with the Microsoft Office productivity suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Should I use Outlook or Gmail for business email?
Use Outlook for your business email if you need a lot of email and cloud storage. Microsoft provides up to 50GB of mail storage and 1TB of cloud storage on all its Business plans. It’s also a good option for more productivity tools like a collaborative workspace or online video editor. Choose Gmail if you want an easier setup process and beginner-friendly interface or are more familiar with the Google Workspace productivity suite.
How do I create a professional email in Outlook?
To create a professional email in Outlook, you’ll first need to subscribe to a Microsoft 365 Business plan, which lets you add a custom domain to your email account to get a branded email address and not a generic “@outlook.com” one. After subscribing to a Microsoft 365 plan, create your new email address and finish setting up your account by adding a custom domain, inviting your team members, and installing the Microsoft 365 platform on your computer.
Hello!
When I want to get a business plan started it seems that the only option is that it forces the onmicrosoft domain to you. But for example if a create and a personal account I can create it with a custom email straight away.
I can see that it reccomends using the DNS-server to get using your own domain... but is there a way to bypass all that and just create a business acount with your own email ?
@BAMA IT ,
It sounds like you are trying to create Microsoft accounts using your company's email addresses, but the system is rejecting them. There are a few potential reasons why this might be happening:
- Microsoft may not allow you to use a business email address to create a personal Microsoft account. In this case, you need to use a different email address (such as a personal email address) to create the Microsoft account.
- Your company may have policies that prevent you from using business email addresses to create personal accounts. In this case, you would need to check with your company's IT department or email administrator to see if there is a way to create Microsoft accounts using your company's email addresses.
- There could be a technical issue preventing you from creating the Microsoft accounts. In this case, you may want to try again later or contact Microsoft support for assistance.
If you want to use your company's email addresses to log into Microsoft services, the best way to do this would be to use Azure Active Directory (AAD) to manage the accounts. With AAD, you can create and manage user accounts for your company and use these accounts to log into Microsoft services such as Office 365, Microsoft Teams, and others. This will allow you to use your company's email addresses to log into these services while still maintaining control over the accounts and ensuring that they are only used for business purposes.
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You can create an alias, then you'll be able to use that alias for sign in anywhere you can sign in with your microsoft account.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-or-remove-an-email-alias-in-outlook-com-459b1989-356d-40fa-a689-8f285b13f1f2
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