After killing off linked accounts
in favor of aliases back in June, Microsoft is now simplifying its
approach to secondary email addresses on Outlook.com. The software maker
has long supported the ability to rename an Outlook.com primary email
address to a newly created alias, but existing aliases were always left
out. Microsoft is now rolling out a change to its alias support today
that lets Outlook.com users rename their primary email address to any
secondary existing alias.
Outlook.com already supports sign in with any alias linked
to an account, but the rename will set the new address as the primary
and alter the email address shown on the Windows 8 Start Screen and Xbox
dashboard. Microsoft previously revealed it's working on the...