Protect your kids online using Windows Family (part 2)

As we said in previous blog post Protect your kids online using Windows Family (part 1) there are few simple steps you need to do to start using Microsoft Family.

Few simple steps to get them protected. Step we’ll talk about in this blog is highlighted.
– Create Microsoft Account for parents if you don’t have one yet
– Create Microsoft Account for kids
– Screen time
– Create rules for protecting kids
– Apps
– Store
– Devices
– Manage kids

In this blog we will focus on creating Microsoft Account for parents (if you don’t have one yet). We’ll also describe how to add second parent to your family. Having an Microsoft account for parents and kids is the prerequisite that you need to have. So let’s start with creating Microsoft account for parents.

1. In your favorite browser open https://account.microsoft.com/.
2. Click on link “Create a Microsoft account”.
3. Type in your account name (don’t forget it, use RoboForm) and choose domain name (outlook.com or hotmail.com) and click Next.

4. Type in new password (don’t forget it, use RoboForm) and click Next.

5. Fill in the Country and date of birth and click Next.

6. Enter captcha and click Next.

7. You successfully created Microsoft Account.

As you can see there is a lot of different possibilities within your new Microsoft account but for the purpose of this blog, we’ll focus on setting up your Family.

To add second parent to your family follow these steps.

1. In your favorite browser open https://account.microsoft.com/, and click Sign In.

2. Enter parent username, created in previous post and click Next.

3. Type in your password (to keep your passwords safe, use RoboForm) and click Next.

4. Click on link Family.

5. Click + to add new family members.

6. Select “Organizer”, type in email address of the parent, enter captcha and click “Sand invite”.

7. Sign in as a second parent to accept invite to your family. Click Next.

8. Type in your password (to keep your passwords safe, use RoboForm) and click Next.

9. Open your mailbox.

10. Open email with invite and click on “Join now”.

11. Read the transcript and click on “Join the family”.

12. You have just successfully joined your family. Now you can review, set and monitor your kids online activity.

Next: Protect your kids online (internet) using Windows Family (part 3), where we describe how to create user accounts for kids.

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