By David Nield
Publication Date: 2026-03-22 17:30:00
- Microsoft may ditch the need to set up Windows 11 with a Microsoft account
- A company exec says software engineers are working on it
- There’s no indication yet of when the change might be implemented
Microsoft has told users that big improvements are coming to Windows 11 — improvements covering how much AI appears in the software, how updates are handled, and much more — and the operating system’s setup process might also be getting a welcome tweak.
As spotted by Windows Latest, in response to a user query on X about being able to set up Windows 11 without a Microsoft account, Microsoft exec Scott Hanselman says software engineers are now “working on it”.
Hanselman is a Vice President at Microsoft, and is part of the team tasked with pushing forward his company’s year of reliability and performance upgrades for Windows 11. So far, Microsoft’s changes have been positively received, for the most part.
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