Microsoft Family Safety - Features at a glance

Microsoft Family Safety is an application with various features that is available for free to all Windows 10 users. You can get an overview of the most important functions for protecting your children and how to set up Microsoft Family Safety in this article.

These are the most important functions of Microsoft Family Safety

If you own a computer with Windows 10, you have the option of using Microsoft Family Safety on it. This is an application that contains various functions that allow you to keep an eye on your children's computer usage.

1. So, once a week, Microsoft Family Safety will send you an activity report via email that provides you with information about how much time your child spends on the PC.
2. In addition, you can use Microsoft Family to set up computer times and thus restrict your children's computer use.
3. Another useful feature is the content restriction, which allows you to block certain apps, websites or games.
4. If you don't want to block content completely, you can also use the "Ask parent or guardian" feature instead. You will then receive an email and can choose to unblock a webpage for child or not.
5. Finally, Microsoft Family also includes a Spend Control feature that lets you keep tabs on what your kids are doing in the Microsoft Store.

How to set up Microsoft Family Safety

To use Microsoft Family Safety, each family member needs their own Microsoft account. It is also necessary to set up a family group at "account.microsoft.com". To do this, please log in to your Microsoft account, go to "Family" > "Add Family Member" and send an invitation to the family member you want to add.