Add Free Windows Live Apps to Your Website or Blog

Would you like to use Hotmail, Office Web Apps, Messenger, and more on your website domain?

Here’s how you’re free to add Windows Live to your website for free.

Microsoft offers a popular suite of online communications products including Hotmail and Messenger.

Additionally, the new Office Web Apps offer great compatibility with Office documents.

Or, input your information to create a new Windows Live ID if you selected the second option.

Now, review your parameters and ensure everything looks correct.

tap the I Accept button to setup your account.

We’ll show you how to do it on either one.

First, though, note the information below this box.

You’ll see configs for your Mail setup…

Security configs…

And Messenger integration.

hit the arrow beside Upgrades, and select Domains from the menu.

poke the Edit DNS link beside the domain name you’re adding to Windows Live.

Note that this is the blurred section in our screenshots.

It should be a numerical code like 1234567890.pamx1.hotmail.com.

TXT v=spf1 include:hotmail.com ~all CNAMEYour_infodomains.live.com.

Click Save DNS records, and your tweaks are saved to WordPress.

Finally, return to your Windows Live options page and click Refresh.

If your tweaks are correct, you’ll now be ready to use Windows Live on your WordPress.com domain.

This is fairly easy, but the steps may be different depending on your hosting company or registrar.

With some hosts, you may have to contact support to have them add the MX records for you.

Login to your website’s cPanel, and select MX Entry under the Mail section.

Here, add a TXT record with the following info:

Name:

yoursite.com.

Alternately, if you don’t want or need Messenger, then you could simply skip this step.

Once all of your controls are in place, return to your Windows Live controls page and click Refresh.

If your tweaks are correct, you’ll now be ready to use Windows Live on your WordPress.com domain.

Create a New Email Account On Your DomainWelcome to your new Windows Live admin page!

Click Add to add an account.

Enter an account name, which will be the email address of the account, e.g.accountname@yourdomain.com.

Then enter the user’s name and a password for the account.

Now, go towww.mail.live.com, and sign in with your new email address and password.

Remember, your email address is your username previously entered followed by @yourdomain.com.

Click I accept to finish setting up your new email account.

Enter the characters in the Captcha to confirm you’re a human, and click Continue.

Your new Hotmail inbox will now load, and you’ll have a welcome email in your inbox.

you might now access any of the Windows Live services from the top-level menu.

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