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by trevorishere 1350 days ago
This is a legacy setup that can no longer be created. Microsoft removed the option to use a custom domain for Microsoft accounts many years ago, but hasn't forced people to change.

However, your friend can get out of this scenario by following the instructions on this site:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/change-t...

They'll end up with <whatever_they_can_find>@outlook.com for their Microsoft account. When using Org services via a browser, you'll automatically use your Org account. When using consumer services, you'll automatically use your Microsoft account (assuming you've selected stay sign-in for both).

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> This is a legacy setup that can no longer be created

Thank goodness for that!

> However, your friend can get out of this scenario by following the instructions on this site

Thanks for the tip, will try and walk him through this next time I'm with him.

> hey'll end up with <whatever_they_can_find>@outlook.com for their Microsoft account

I doubt they actually need/want access to the Microsoft account. They don't use this work email address for any consumer services, as far as I'm aware -although how could one tell what services it could be associated with?

They can find connected apps for their consumer account on https://account.live.com/consent/manage.