![]() Things will look different and work differently at some point in the future. If you’re reading this article in the future… as opposed to reading it in the past… The method I described worked for me in March 2018.I don’t know of any alternative methods you could use. If your Office 365 subscription does not allow sharing (or if you’ve already used all invitations), you can obviously not use this method.Instead of signing in and out of your accounts you could stay signed in on two different browsers (or using incognito mode).You should now see the subscription in your Skype account settings, too: Just click on “activate” (or waste a lot of time reading outdated information about linking accounts, then come back and click on “activate”): Sign out, accept the invitation using your Skype/Microsoft account, then activate your free Skype minutes in your new Office account: Share the entire Office 365 subscription with your Skype/Microsoft account using the e-mail address you provided in the previous step: Verify your e-mail, then sign out of your Skype/Microsoft account and log in to your Microsoft account with the Office 365 subscription. I you’re asked to add a phone number or e-mail, you’ll notice that you can’t use the e-mail address of your existing Microsoft account. ![]() What this actually does (instead of connecting a Microsoft account and Skype account) is to redirect you to where you can sign in using your Skype credentials (because, as mentioned, your Skype account is already a Microsoft account). If you go to your Skype account settings, you’ll see an option to “connect a Microsoft account”: This is how you share your Office 365 subscription and free Skype minutes with yourself (as of March 2018): ![]() The workaround: If your Office 365 subscription can be shared with other Microsoft accounts, you can also share it with your own Skype account. ![]() You cannot merge two Microsoft accounts, therefore you can also no longer merge or connect your Skype and Microsoft (Office 365) accounts. The reason it doesn’t work: A Skype account is also a Microsoft account. You want to use these with your existing Skype account, but you can’t find a way to connect it to your Office 365 account. ![]() The problem: Some Office 365 subscriptions include a certain number of monthly Skype minutes. ![]()
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