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Create an MS Family to share your computing resources
Posted on July 15, 2019 at 01:15 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the ForumsWINDOWS 10
By Lance Whitney
Setting up a Microsoft Family lets you easily give others access to your Windows computer, Office 365 subscription, and shared Outlook calendar.
We tend to be very protective of our computers. We’re often reluctant to let others use our personal machines because, well, we each have things we want to keep private. But Microsoft and Windows give you an option have it both ways: privacy and sharing.
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.26.0 (2019-07-15).
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