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After installation completes, open up Visual Studio.

At the top right of Visual Studio, you will see that there is a Sign in link:

Clicking on the Sign in link, you will be allowed to enter your e-mail address here. I find it useful to just use my Outlook e-mail address. In my opinion, it is one of the best web e-mails available.

Note that I'm not endorsing Outlook for any other reason other than I really think it is a great product. I also have a Gmail account as well as an iCloud e-mail account.

After adding your e-mail account, Visual Studio will redirect you to a sign in page.

Because I already have an Outlook ...

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