I read an article the other day which talked about Outlook.com and custom domains.  Brilliant, I thought and I set up my custom domain and re-routed my random emails to the new custom email address.  At this point I was feeling pleased with myself.  Only then did I realise my folly!

 

When I log in to Windows8, it connects to my primary email address, so when I use the web interface of outlook.com it defaults to that and not my shiny new one.  So I changed the email address connected to my user profile on my laptop.

 

Sadly this means that SkyDrive is now trying to upload 40GB+ of stuff to my new SkyDrive account, making my subscription useless.  I can't change SkyDrive back to the old username, because I'm logged in to windows with the new one.

 

If I get rid of my old primary email, that will factory reset my Windows Phone. 

 

An integrated ecosystem is great, but there is something missing here!

 

Ideally, I'd kill my custom email address, then recreate it as an alias on my main Microsoft account and then change it to be my primary alias, but I'm not sure that's possible using the outlook.com custom domain tools.

 

Argh!