Any Bryn Mawr College community member who has created a Microsoft.com account using a @brynmawr.edu email address must change their sign-in email to prevent problems once the College migrates to Office 365 for email and calendar in late May 2016.
Log in to your Microsoft account using your Bryn Mawr email address: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/account/
Sign-in screen
Sign-in screen
Click on Manage my account, then go to “Your Info” and “Manage your sign-in email or phone number”
Manage my account
Your info
Manage your sign-in email or phone number
Verify your identity (Microsoft will send a security code to your Bryn Mawr account). Once received, copy and paste the code into the security code field and continue.
Click “Add email” under Account alias.
Add email
Add a non-Bryn Mawr email address as a Microsoft account alias. After adding the new alias, you’ll need to verify the account. You will receive an email at that address asking you to confirm the address for the Microsoft account. Alternatively, you can verify the account by clicking “Verify”.
Add an alias
Verify new alias
After verifying the new account, make it the primary alias by clicking “Make primary”. Confirm by clicking “Yes”.
Make primary
Remove the Bryn Mawr account alias by clicking “Remove”. Confirm by clicking “Yes”.
Remove
Your Microsoft account should now be linked to a non-Bryn Mawr account. Almost done!
Almost done!
After updating your Microsoft account’s primary alias to be a non-Bryn Mawr email address, you’ll also need to update your Microsoft security information.
Log in to your MS Account and click on “Security & Privacy”
Security & privacy
Click “More security settings”.
More security settings
Click “Add security info”.
Add security info
Add either a phone number or non-Bryn Mawr email address.
Add security info
You’ll be sent a security code to your phone or email address to verify the change. Enter the security code to complete the process.
Enter security code
Click “Remove” to remove the Bryn Mawr account.
Remove Bryn Mawr account
Your security info is now updated! Done!