Outlook is included in MS Office Home and Business. As I understand it, this is a mail client. How do I set up the associated mail account and mail service and who operates this mail service or mail server? Do I need a Microsoft account for this?

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Outlook is included in MS Office Home and Business.  As I understand it, this is a mail client. How do I set up the associated mail account and mail service and who operates this mail service or mail server?  Do I need a Microsoft account for this?

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Yes, Outlook is available. You can use practically any mail provider for this. No Microsoft account is necessary.

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In your case @Chlaut, Google operates the mail service/mail server for your @gmail.com mail address. The technical setup details for setting up your client (e.g. Outlook) can be found here: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229?hl=de . When starting Outlook for the first time, you can use the automatically offered setup wizard or also configure your mail account manually.

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Outlook is included in MS Office Home and Business. As I understand it, this is a mail client. How do I set up the associated mail account and mail service and who operates this mail service or mail server? Do I need a Microsoft account for this?