How to earn 1000 Microsoft reward points in 2025?

Microsoft has made it clear that you can encash 1000 Microsoft reward points to get access to extended security updates for Windows 10 for a period of 1 year ending October 2026.

How do you earn Microsoft reward points? How soon can you earn 1000 reward points when you are starting afresh?

Let us explore a few activities and common questions about Microsoft reward points in 2025. The post has been created with a specific focus on Windows 10 Extended Security Updates.

How can I earn 1000 Microsoft reward points?

When you create a new Microsoft account on microsoft.com website, you earn reward points based on one or more of the following:

• Microsoft purchases such as licensed purchases of Windows 365, Windows 11, other software etc.
• Using bing as a search engine
• Using Microsoft Edge as a browser

With regular use of Microsoft Bing search engine and Edge browser, you can expect to earn 1000 reward points in around 6 weeks time.

How soon can I earn 1000 reward points from Microsoft?

If you do not make any monetary purchases from Microsoft, you can earn 1000 reward point in about 6 weeks time by using Microsoft Bing as a search engine and Microsoft Edge as your browser. This is assuming you register for Microsoft reward points as a new user and become a ‘member’.

If you are a ‘Silver’ or ‘Gold’ user of Microsoft reward points, your earnings will increase exponentially.

Silver and Gold members can easily earn 1000 Microsoft reward points in less than a month.

As a new member, you will earn the following:

• 3 reward points per Bing search with a maximum cap of 15 points a day
• 5 reward points for taking the weekly Bing quiz
• 5 reward points for ‘Quote of the Day’
• Up to 15 reward points for different questions related to history, sports etc.
• up to 100 reward point for setting up the Microsoft search bar on Edge and using it for 3 days

On a conservative note, you could expect to earn up to 200 reward points in a week by performing search through Edge browser on Bing search engine and taking multiple quiz options available on Microsoft rewards website.

You can check all the eligible reward points quizzes available on the Bing rewards catalog.

For example, I earned 60 reward points from Microsoft today by using Bing and Edge during the course of the day.

What is the worth of Microsoft reward points?

In general parlance, 1000 Microsoft reward points are equal to $1. So, the reward points may not mean much in terms of financial value.

However, we are more keen on these reward points from the perspective of getting 1 year free subscription to the Extended Security Updates for Windows 10. With free access, we can get security updates for Windows 10 until October 2026.

Can Microsoft reward points be tranferred?

Microsoft reward points cannot be transferred to another user. You can use the reward points to buy gift cards.

But, the straight answer is that you cannot use another Microsoft account’s reward points to extended security updates of a computer linked with a different Microsoft account.

Can I buy ESU for Windows 10 instead of using reward points?

Yes, you can buy a paid subscription to Windows 10 ESU Program (Extended Security Updates). The cost of 1 year of Extended Security Updates for retail users is $30 a year.