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How to Authenticate Your TechNet Plus Subscription

Access the url https://technet.microsoft.com/subscriptions/manage

To continue, do one of the following:

*If you have an existing TechNet Passport account, you?re already signed up.

  1. Click "Sign in now"
  2. On the next screen below, click "Add New Subscription" to authenticate your TechNet subscription ID. Afterward proceed to step 3.

*If you haven?t signed up, you have to sign in to create sign in credentials (email and password), to access the benefits portal.

After authentication, it will bring up the next screen (see step 3)

On the TechNet registration site, you will input your name, email address and Benefit Access Number/SubscriptionID.

Note: This is the e-mail address associated with your subscription, which can be different from the e-mail address of the Passport you are using to access the site.

On the TechNet registration site, you will input your name, email address and Benefit Access Number/SubscriptionID.

Note: This is the e-mail address associated with your subscription, which can be different from the e-mail address of the Passport you are using to access the site.

***From the TechNet Plus benefits portal, you?ll have access to all of TechNet benefits portal including Subscriber Downloads which includes the .ISO images of the Technical Information Library, evaluation software and other content.

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