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How to redeem a gift card or code for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Microsoft 365
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Published onDecember 8, 2022
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Whenyou shop online, sometimes you can score offers to redeem a gift card or code and add it to yourMicrosoft account. Have an old Xbox Live Gold code or membership gift card you want to redeem? Microsoft has you covered. Xbox Live Gold codes or gift cards are automatically converted to the equivalent value in Xbox Game Pass. SeeMicrosoft’s conversion tablefor more information.
And depending on your user level (Level 2 is the highest), you can also get significant Microsoft Rewards point discounts to use to buy gift cards that you can use towards buying physical Microsoft products, like theSurface Pro 9orXbox Series S|X.
Redeem a gift card or code for Xbox Game Pass
Xbox gift cards or Microsoft product key codes are typically 25 characters long and include both numbers and letters. Regardless if the gift card or code is for Xbox or Microsoft 365 To redeem a gift card or code, follow these steps:
To check if you already redeemed a code,check your Microsoft account order history. If you want to activate a Microsoft 365 or Office-related product key code, you need to use a slightly different method.
Redeem a gift card or code for Microsoft 365
To activate a Microsoft 365 product code or license key, follow these steps:
If the system can’t find your code,visit the Troubleshooting sectionfor additional Microsoft support.
Redeem a gift card or code via the Microsoft Store app
Another way you can redeem a gift card or code is by using the Microsoft Store on Windows 11. Here’s what you need to do.
What happens after I redeem my gift card or code?
There are 3 things that may happen after you redeem a gift card or code:
Summary
Keep in mind, these steps will likely change once Microsoft migrates from using the Office app installer to the new Microsoft 365 app.Microsoft 365 updated its online web experienceas of November 2022, but theapp redesign won’t happen until January 2023.
Once released, the new Microsoft 365 appmay change the way you redeem a gift card or code. But until that time, you can continue to use this method.
How do you usually redeem a gift card or code? Let us know in the comments!
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