Can you buy directly from Microsoft?

Get tips for safer shopping or buy directly from Microsoft. Buying online can be quick, convenient and a great value; however, it doesn’t always give you the same opportunity to see exactly what you’re getting as walking into a regular store.

Where is the Microsoft Store?

To search for it: In the search box on the taskbar, type Microsoft Store. If you see it in the results, select it. To make sure you can find it easily later, press and hold (or right-click) the Microsoft Store tile and select Pin to Start or More > Pin to taskbar .

Do Microsoft have stores?

There are Microsoft Store retail locations throughout the US, seven in Canada, one in Sydney, Australia, and one in London, England.

How do I purchase from the Microsoft Store?

In Microsoft Store , select Buy. If asked, sign in with your Microsoft account. Select Get Started! Add a way to pay or Change > Add a new payment method.

Why are all Microsoft stores closed?

The tech company said on Friday it was permanently closing all of its retail stores except for four flagship stores, saying it can provide customers its sales, training, and support services remotely and that the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated to the company that it could easily do so.

Do Microsoft stores still exist?

Microsoft permanently closed its retail stores in the US and around the world last year, shortly after the pandemic began. The company has been moving store employees to areas that help sell to, train, and support Microsoft’s business customers.

Are all Microsoft Store closed?

Microsoft on Friday announced it will permanently close its 83 Microsoft Store retail locations. It will instead focus on its online store at Microsoft.com, where customers can go for support, sales, training and more. Microsoft said its retail team members will help on the website instead of in-store.

Why did Microsoft close all stores?

What can you buy through Microsoft?

You can spend money in your Microsoft account to buy products, services, software and content from the Microsoft Store.

• Products include Xbox, Surface, phones, PCs and accessories.
• Services and software include Windows, Office and Microsoft 365.
• Content includes aps, games, movies and TV shows.

What can you buy on the Windows Store?

Contents

• Search for apps, games, movies, TV shows, and hardware.
• Browse for content: Apps, Games, Movies & TV.
• Get free apps, games, and other freebies.
• Buy content: apps, games, movies, and TV shows.
• Buy, download, and install fonts for documents and presentations.
• Get Windows 10 and Windows 11 themes.

What Microsoft stores are staying open?

The company will keep four flagship locations: in New York on Fifth Avenue, London, Sydney, and on its home campus in Redmond, Wash. The first Microsoft Store opened in 2009 as the company sought to compete with Apple’s successful retail experience and have customers try out Microsoft software products in person.

Why are Microsoft stores permanently closed?

Since the Microsoft Store locations closed in late March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the retail team has helped small businesses and education customers digitally transform; virtually trained hundreds of thousands of enterprise and education customers on remote work and learning software; and helped customers with …

Why are Microsoft stores still closed?

No More Microsoft Store Microsoft’s decade-plus foray into running its own retail stores is over. All Microsoft stores are closing–or maybe more precisely, they are not reopening, since they’ve already been closed for months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

How can I install Microsoft apps on my laptop for free?

Get apps from Microsoft Store on your Windows 10 PC

1. Go to the Start button, and then from the apps list select Microsoft Store.
2. Visit the Apps or Games tab in Microsoft Store.
3. To see more of any category, select Show all at the end of the row.
4. Select the app or game you’d like to download, and then select Get.