Microsoft gives Xbox employees an Xbox email address

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wants everyone to know: “We are Xbox“Just last week, she Microsoft canceled games As the name of Microsoft’s gaming division in favor of simply Xbox. Now, to reinforce that message, sources at Xbox tell me that all Xbox employees will get an @xbox.com email address next month.

The new Xbox email address will replace the current @microsoft.com address as the default way to send new emails, and employees will be able to opt out and keep their Microsoft email address as the default sending address instead. Mojang employees will also be given an @mojang.com email address, and Xbox and Mojang employees will still retain their @microsoft.com email aliases.

The change is being made as part of “strengthening the Xbox identity inside and outside of Microsoft,” according to an internal Xbox memo, which I viewed Edge. It’s a small change, but Activision and Bethesda employees are still using their own domain names for emails, so this will help the broader Xbox team get a similar email look to external partners and developers.

Some Xbox employees have been able to obtain @xbox.com email addresses in the past, by requesting one from Microsoft’s IT department. But this is the first time Microsoft has pushed these Xbox email aliases to all of its gaming employees.

Email changes are all part of the renewal A “We are Xbox” effort.. In a joint memo with Matt Booty, Xbox’s chief content officer, Sharma and Booty laid out their vision for the future of Xbox last week. The memo mentioned the end of the Microsoft Gaming name, how Xbox will judge its success on daily active players and hardware, content, experience and service priorities.