![]() While this all sounds terrifically complicated, there’s one shortcut. Mark Hachman / IDGĬombining accounts is an easier way of collating all the data. If you need to add a contact, you’ll need to open the separate People app within Windows 10, then either edit the existing contact, or create an entirely new one from scratch. I found, somewhat ironically, that if I added my personal Gmail account to Mail, then imported those contacts, some of the imported data (including profile pictures) was richer than what I had included for my Microsoft contacts. Sometimes, after adding a Skype contact, you’ll need to close and reopen the My People app to ensure the data has been correctly handed off.Once you have the right contact, make sure to send them an invitation within Skype to add you as a contact. You’ll probably need to ask your friend for their Skype username-good luck hunting down the right “Michael Brown” within Skype’s massive list. ![]() However, My People uses the Skype UWP app within Windows, not the Skype for Business app some businesses use. You can certainly select a professional colleague as a My People friend, and exchange Mail with her professional email address. Keep in mind that these are personal contacts, not professional ones.It’s possible that you might have to open the Windows 10 People app, add a new contact, then search for that person within My People. Remember that these are the most popular contacts in the Windows ecosystem, so your close friends on other platforms, such as Facebook, might not be included.It all sounds simple enough, but consider these important caveats: If you can’t immediately find the friend you were looking for, you can search for that friend in the search box below. (Though My People initially selects five contacts, you can pin only three.) It just so happens that I email myself links to news stories and other things of interest when I’m on my phone, so my own email accounts were the most popular suggestions. When you click the My People icon for the first time, Windows will begin the setup process, listing what it thinks are your five most popular contacts. Microsoft picked my five most popular contacts, some of which I’ve obscured for privacy’s sake. ![]() The My People experience begins by clicking the People icon on your taskbar, down in the lower right-hand corner, and next to the upward-facing caret that hides some of your other, less-important taskbar icons. Before you begin, make sure to update all three apps if you haven’t already, via the Windows Store. Microsoft formally refers to My People as an “experience,” because it simply focuses the existing People, Mail, and Skype apps into a unified interface. Click the button to begin the My People setup process. ![]()
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