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The short of it is: by using Bing Search!

Microsoft has a Rewards program, where you get points if you do things like use Bing as a search engine, buy Xbox games, or purchase items in the Microsoft Store.

I don’t game much these days, and don’t use any Microsoft products, so I don’t get any points via those avenues. All the points I do get it are from using Bing Search. I set it as my defaults for my browsers, and also have the Bing app on my phone.

Many of these points I get each day are from me just using the internet as I normally would, but I’ll also spend a few minutes each day doing additional searches, to hit the maximum points I can get for the day. There are also bonus points you can get based on frequnecy, searching specific topics, or doing a poll/quiz.

With these searches I get points to trade them in for roughly $10 a month in Amazon gift cards.

You can trade the points in for many things including an actual Xbox(!), sweepstakes, food gift cards, or even give to charity.

Examples of options to redeem your Microsoft Reward points.