Benefits of Having a Hotmail Account

Last Updated: 18th July 2021

Although Hotmail is losing its position on Hotmail to Gmail as hordes of people are rushing to it but as Hotmail is owned by Microsoft - a big player owning several widely used products, having a Hotmail account is mandatory, since you are forced to login into your Hotmail account to access those services. For example here are few services that you can use:

1. Skype

   Skype is an instant messaging app that provides online text message and video chat services. Users may transmit both text and video messages and may exchange digital documents such as images, text, and video. Skype allows video conference calls.

2. Microsoft Office

   Microsoft Office is a suite of desktop productivity applications that is designed specifically to be used for office or business use. It is available in 35 different languages and is supported by Windows, Mac and most Linux variants. It mainly consists of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, OneNote, Outlook and Publisher applications.

   1. Microsoft Word

      World's most popular application, Microsoft Word or MS-WORD (often called Word) is a graphical word processing program that users can type with. It is made by the computer company Microsoft. Its purpose is to allow users to type and save documents. Similar to other word processors, it has helpful tools to make documents.

   2. Microsoft Excel

      Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications.

   3. Microsoft PowerPoint

      PowerPoint is a complete presentation graphics package. It gives you everything you need to produce a professional looking presentation. PowerPoint offers word processing, outlining, drawing, graphing, and presentation management tools - all designed to be easy to use and learn.

3. Outlook Task

   Organize your life with Outlook Task. A task is an item that you create in Outlook to track until its completion. A to-do item is any Outlook item - such as a task, an e-mail message, or a contact - that has been flagged for follow-up. By default, all tasks are flagged for follow-up when they are created, even if they have no start date or due date.

4. OneDrive

   OneDrive (previously SkyDrive, Windows Live SkyDrive, and Windows Live Folders) is a file-hosting service operated by Microsoft as part of its suite of online services. Files can be synced to a PC and accessed from a web browser or a mobile device, as well as shared publicly or with specific people.