When you sign up for Microsoft Office Live —either Microsoft Office Live Small Business or Microsoft Office Live Workspace  —you are asked to provide an e-mail address and password. You can use a Windows Live ID, which is an e-mail address and password that you already use for other Microsoft services, such as MSN Hotmail or MSN Messenger. Or you can use any existing e-mail address that you own. You will then use this e-mail address and password every time you sign in to use Office Live.

The e-mail address that you use is the primary e-mail address for your account, and Office Live sends any communications to that e-mail address. In addition, to view billing and account information or to use advanced administrative features, you must use this e-mail address to sign in.

Notes:  

• If you use an e-mail address that is not associated with an e-mail Inbox, you will not be able to activate your Office Live account. You must sign up again using an e-mail address that has an associated e-mail Inbox. If you prefer, you can create a free Web e-mail account with Windows Live Hotmail, and then use that new e-mail address to sign up for Office Live.

• If you use an e-mail address from a reserved domain (such as verizon.net or orange.fr), a message appears that tells you to either choose a different e-mail address or contact your e-mail provider. You can use an e-mail address from a reserved domain to sign up for Office Live, but you must first contact the e-mail provider's customer support department for their permission and assistance.
  
  For example, if you have an e-mail account with orange.fr, you can contact the orange.fr customer service department for help with this issue. Regardless of which e-mail provider that you use, if you prefer, you can instead create a free Web e-mail account with Windows Live Hotmail, and then use that new e-mail address to sign up for Office Live.

• If you use an e-mail address that you also use for other Microsoft services, when you sign out of Office Live, you are not signed out automatically from other Microsoft services that you have also signed in to.

After you complete the sign-up process for Office Live, you may be asked to confirm that you are the owner of the e-mail address that you used to sign up. You will receive an e-mail message from the Office Live team at the e-mail address that you used to create your account. Follow the instructions in the e-mail to verify your e-mail address.

For information about signing up, see Sign up for Office Live Small Business or Sign up for Office Live Workspace.