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Today I’d like to go over some information regarding the sign up process as well as the account creation and association process. It seems the introduction of Windows Live ID with the MSDN and TechNet blogs has confused a few too many of you – we are sorry about that, it wasn’t our intention… really :-)
 

Why am I being asked to sign up just to read the blogs?

Technically, you aren’t. Anyone can read the blogs without signing up. But in reality, you are. What’s happening is that you are signed into another Windows Live ID enabled web site. The blog platform sees that and then signs you in “silently” or in other words, signs you in without you explicitly asking to. This works really well once you’ve completed the create an account/associate an account process because you can move from site to site and maintain your sign in across many of the Microsoft properties. However if you’ve not completed the sign up process, you’ll be prompted to do that even if you just want to read the blog.

The other situation you may be asked to sign in is if you click a persons name to view their profile. See the “Why Should I Sign In? ” section below for more information on that.
 
So at this point either click Sign out if you don’t want to create the account or complete the sign up and you’ll be set moving forward. We are reviewing this configuration and we may modify this silent sign in if it’s too confusing to our blog readers…

 

How do I Sign In?

When you click the Sign in link on any page in the blogs you’ll be taken to the Windows Live ID sign in page. You can select any Windows Live ID account you already have or create a new one at that time. The first time you sign in with a Windows Live ID account you’ll be presented with the “Create an Account OR Associate an Account” page.

  • If you’ve never created an account with the blogs before, fill in the Create an Account section. It’s just a username, a confirmation of the email address you want any communication to go to and finally a time zone which will then allow the blogs to present date and times accurate to your location.
  • If you’ve had an account previously on the blogs then enter your username and password you used to use in the Associate Account section. This will connect your Windows Live ID account up to your old blogs account and you can then use the WLID from then on.

 

Why Should I Sign In?

Signing in gives you a bunch of benefits that anonymous readers do not get. Some of these include:

  • A customized profile for your account.
    • You can have a custom display name that supports characters beyond the set for a username.
    • You can upload your own personal avatar image that will go alongside any comments you make as well as on your profile.
    • A customized profile including contact details, web sites, facebook, twitter connections etc.
    • You can manage the email address you receive notifications at.
    • Update your time zone settings.
  • You’ll have the ability to follow and friend other members in the blogs.
    • You can then more easily track their activity within their profile or on the home page.
  • Commenting
    • You’ll no longer have to fill in your name every time you post a comment.
    • There are some blogs that do not have anonymous commenting enabled. You’ll need to be a member then to comment anyway.
  • Viewing others profiles
    • If you want to view anyone else’s profile you need to be signed in. There are contact details on profiles and those are limited to people who have agreed to our Terms of Use.
  • Future features…
    • We will integrate into the MSDN and TechNet profile, activity and recognition systems in the future. Without being a member you can’t build your reputation.

 

Hopefully that gives you a little more insight into the sign in and sign up process. More information on profiles, settings etc. coming soon!

Comments

  • Anonymous
    June 07, 2010
    What if we had an account, but can't remember our password?  I can't find any password help on that associate form.

  • Anonymous
    June 07, 2010
    Same comment as GregM above. Please add a forgot password option for existing accounts.

  • Anonymous
    June 07, 2010
    Re: Password link... coming in the next update soon. In the mean time, you can use the site feedback link on the home page and request your password to be reset. Include your username and we can get that fixed up for you. Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2010
    Sean, 2 days now and no love on the password reset from the site feedback link.

  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2010
    I submitted feedback that I can't post on my blog (blogs.technet.com/breben) and haven't heard anything.  I'm a MS FTE.

  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2010
    Sean, I'm all set now.

  • Anonymous
    June 11, 2010
    dont really know what im doin yet, but i'll find out i  guess

  • Anonymous
    June 11, 2010
    dont really know what im doin yet, but i'll find out i  guess

  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2010
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2010
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    June 14, 2010
    well that is true thanks to  people on here  that help us out  as without  them  i would  be lost ...oh even though  i still do at times   thats life  thankyou

  • Anonymous
    June 20, 2010
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  • Anonymous
    June 20, 2010
    Hi. When I sign into my blogs, I cannot view stats or customize the blog. I think that I have associated my .net passport incorrectly, when we moved to the new blogs. How can I fix this?

  • Anonymous
    June 21, 2010
    @SeanM - the only times you are asked to log in are a) when you attempt to view a persons profile or b) when you want to comment on a post that doesn't allow anonymous commenting. If it's occuring at other times we don't know about it so if you can provide more details that'd be useful. You can use the site feedback link on the home page to send us that information. @Arabind - assuming you are an MS employee, please email mscomhlp internally and they can assist you.

  • Anonymous
    June 23, 2010
    Can we not create our own blog?

  • Anonymous
    July 03, 2010
    I am locked out of my blog and have no access. I can't sign in or retrieve my password. Thks MS, you're awesome....

  • Anonymous
    July 28, 2010
    What if we had an account, but can't remember our username -- adding a new one doesn't work if there is already an account using that email address! (That's how I know I had one :-)

  • Anonymous
    August 04, 2010
    Problem: I already have an MSDN Blogs ID that is associated with my Windows Live ID, but I no longer remember the MSDN Blogs password.  I cannot create another Blogs ID with the Windows Live ID because the Blogs signin "knows" there is already a blogs ID tied to the Live ID. THERE IS NO OPTION TO REQUEST A PASSWORD RESET EMAIL BE SENT TO THE WINDOWS LIVE ID ADDRESS!!!! This is a frustrating dead end. Can you guys fix it please?

  • Anonymous
    August 16, 2010
    i can't Post blog

  • Anonymous
    August 17, 2010
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    August 23, 2010
    How can one integrate there blog profile with social.expression.microsoft.com social.technet.microsoft.com and social.microsoft.com?

  • Anonymous
    September 22, 2010
    Question about new team blog creation: I already have my blog but I would like to create one for my team. Many team members don't feel they have the time to maintain a blog but do have time to contribute and would like to use a team blog. What are the steps? Thanks. Dinesh

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    October 17, 2010
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  • Anonymous
    October 22, 2010
    How can i get my own blog on msdn ? Thanx stefan

  • Anonymous
    December 20, 2010
    hello, i would like to start a blog can you please tell me the appropriate steps to do so thank you.

  • Anonymous
    December 25, 2010
    how i can get my own blog ??

  • Anonymous
    January 10, 2011
    How to create a blog? I am not able to find any option.

  • Anonymous
    January 20, 2011
    I have exactly the same question as SAM GREENE said, after signing up step is achieved, how can one start posting articles  as a part of its own MSDN blog and thank you. Please we need further explanations about  the issue  

  • Anonymous
    January 20, 2011
    I have exactly the same question as SAM GREENE said, after signing up step is achieved, how can one start posting articles  as a part of its own MSDN blog and thank you. Please we need further explanations about  the issue

  • Anonymous
    May 09, 2011
    I agree that this ia really confusing user experience. I hope this is changed to easily allow people to view a blog without signing in.

  • Anonymous
    May 12, 2011
    Hi, I have the same question --> How to create a blog? I am not able to find any option. Thanks in advance!

  • Anonymous
    May 17, 2011
    How to create the blog? Can someone please take care of answering this question?

  • Anonymous
    May 18, 2011
    I am trying to sign into blogs.msdn.com and get the error below.  I am Jeff Wharton and my private email is my Windows Live ID and it's what I use to sign-in to MSDN/Technet Forums.  i don;t want to change my provate email as everything I do is based around it.  How can I sign in to blogs.msdn.com and link it to my EXISTSING Windows Live ID? Sorry! We can't create your account right now. Your email address is already in use by another user, Jeff Wharton. In order to complete account creation you must first change the private email that is set for the user Jeff Wharton. Please sign out and then sign in with the Windows Live ID associated to the Jeff Wharton account. Modify the private email and then reattempt to create this account. If you do not recognize this user Jeff Wharton, please use the site feedback form to report this problem so that we can assist you in creating your account. Thanks.

  • Anonymous
    May 21, 2011
    What if we had an account, but can't remember our password?  I can't find any password help on that associate form. cheers,sme <a href="www.sme.in/w_pkg_menu.aspx">B@B Directory-product or service categories</a>

  • Anonymous
    July 02, 2011
    Can I contribute at Microsoft Blog?? How??

  • Anonymous
    July 28, 2011
    How can I write blogs on MSDN ?

  • Anonymous
    September 29, 2011
    The same question, How do I blog here or link my current blogs to this? Please suggest

  • Anonymous
    September 30, 2011
    Hi, i have some information to share and i do not know How can I write blogs on MSDN ? Would you please help me? Thanks,

  • Anonymous
    October 05, 2011
    How to create a Blog?

  • Anonymous
    October 06, 2011
    Sorry, blogs can only be created by Microsoft Employees.

  • Anonymous
    January 23, 2012
    @Sean Jenkin : I am an Employee of Microsoft Partner and Microsoft Innovation center. Can I blog ?

  • Anonymous
    April 11, 2012
    Hi - I seem to have created two blog accounts, with display name "JimHogg" (no space) and "Jim Hogg" (space).   Both are tied to the same Windows Live ID.  Whenever I sign in, it attaches to the second one.  How can I sign in to the first one, in order to delete that account?

  • Anonymous
    May 03, 2012
    How can I contribute a blog? I cannot find any option to post my own blog. Please suggest.....

  • Anonymous
    May 20, 2012
    @Parth - Sorry, only Microsoft employees can post blogs on this platform.

  • Anonymous
    August 30, 2012
    Hi, How do I contribute my writing a useful blog article for MSDN web site. Thanks Adnan

  • Anonymous
    February 24, 2013
    I have issue with sp_addsubscription for a particular article to add in the existing subscription. When I run the command, I saw on the production server, the blocking is started with session_id that we used to run the script.. What could be the issue? Thanks, -Krishna

  • Anonymous
    June 05, 2013
    that's great. thanks so much nguoilontinhduc.com

  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2013
    Hi, I am Rajaniesh Kaushikk and I am an ex Microsoft employee(rkaushik@microsoft.com).. I have created my MSDN blog way back in 2007 and after that never accessed it. Now I forgot the password as well...I want to link my old blog to my new Hotmail live id...Can you please guide me how we can achieve it Regards Rajaniesh

  • Anonymous
    November 06, 2013
    This blog post (on this page) is aimed at Microsoft employees. If you are not a Microsoft employee (most everyone reading this), see social.technet.microsoft.com/.../19800.how-to-create-and-post-on-an-msdn-blog-or-technet-blog.aspx All the answers to these questions are there. You have to be an employee (part time or full time). If you are a contractor or vendor, you need an employee to set it up with you (you would author on a blog they own). There are only a few exceptions where non-employees can author. But most blogs represent official products (and only FTE blog on them). See the article for details.

  • Anonymous
    November 06, 2013
    Rajaniesh, go through the normal process of Site Feedback to create a ticket to access your old account. Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    January 09, 2014
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    January 09, 2014
    Can we create blog here?

  • Anonymous
    January 19, 2014
    can i write blogs when I sign in?

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  • Anonymous
    August 17, 2015
    Keep it up