"Microsoft Account" will replace Windows Live ID in Windows 8 Consumer Preview, and the company has also removed traces of Zune from its Windows Store, Music, and Video applications, although Zune Pass functionality remains. Microsoft has also launched a 'Microsoft Your Account' portal to track the subscriptions of all the Microsoft accounts.
Windows 8 will move to "Xbox Live for Windows" as the entertainment brand for Windows 8 Music, Video and Games shortly before its release. The debranding of Zune has already taken effect in the final Windows 8 Consumer Preview, but the full transition away from Zune will take place over the summer.
The branding will look like this in Windows 8:
- Microsoft Account (Windows Live ID)
- Mail (Windows Live Mail)
- Calendar (Windows Live Calendar)
- People (Windows Live Contacts)
- Photos (Windows Live Photo Gallery)
- Music (Zune Music Player)
- Video (Zune Video Player)
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