Microsoft Tips

Microsoft Tips, formerly Help + Tips in Windows 8.1, Getting Started before the launch of Windows 10 and Get Started in Windows 10 versions 1507-1607, is an app that provides information about using various features in Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11.

It was first introduced in Windows 8.1 as Help + Tips which featured a primary screen with a search box and six main titles that focused on the new features of Windows 8, Start and apps, Get around, Basic actions, Your account and files, Settings, and What's new. The info in each section is viewed by using horizontal scrolling. It also featured hints for finding hidden navigation menus, buttons and flyouts such as the Charms bar and hot corners.

In Windows 10, the app received a major UI overhaul and was renamed to Get Started. The first few iterations of the app featured a large, comprehensive hamburger menu with sidebar links for most major topics. Later iterations minimized the interface by including a welcome page with links to the Internet, a section for new topics, and a page with links to all topics in the app. The app is continually updated through Microsoft Store as the apps and the operating system itself continues to evolve.

Get Started would be renamed to Microsoft Tips in April 2017 with the release of Windows 10 Creators Update.

In Windows 11, the app received another UI overhaul to align with the design principals of the Fluent UI.