Picking a Microsoft account
Learn how to select the best Microsoft account to use when you register for your Windows Store developer account.
- If you have a Microsoft Developer Services account
- If you have a Microsoft account, but you don't have an existing developer account
- If you don't have a Microsoft account
If you have a Microsoft Developer Services account
If you already have another Microsoft developer account, such as for Windows Phone, consider whether you want to link that account to your Windows Store developer account.
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To link your existing developer account to your new Windows Store developer account, sign in to the Windows Dev Center - Windows Store apps with the same Microsoft account that you use to sign in to your existing developer account.
If you select this option, both accounts will be linked and have the same publisher display name. When you change the account settings in one of the linked accounts, those changes will also appear in the other.
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To keep your existing developer account separate from your new Windows Store developer account, you must sign in to the Windows Dev Center - Windows Store apps with a different Microsoft account than what you use to sign in to the other developer account. (If you are already signed in with the first account, sign out and then sign back in with the other Microsoft account.
Note If you do not use the same Microsoft account as you used for your other developer account, you will need to use a different publisher display name for your Windows Store developer account.
If you have a Microsoft account, but you don't have an existing developer account
If you don't have a developer account yet, when you open the Dashboard, you'll be prompted to sign-up for a Windows Store developer account.
Note If you're already signed in to the Windows Dev Center - Windows Store apps, we will use that account for your Windows Store developer account. If that's not the account that you want to use, you must sign out, then sign back in using the account that you want to associate with your Windows Store developer account.
If you don't have a Microsoft account
If you don't have a Microsoft account yet, you can create one when you sign up for your Windows Store developer account. The Microsoft account you create when you sign up will be the one that is associated with the Windows Store developer account you create.
Build date: 3/14/2013
