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So computers on workgroup, would you suggest:<br />
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setting up microsoft account AND office 365 account? &nbsp;But even then, the machine password is not going to stay in sync with office 365 password, right?<br />
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Azure AD - sounds like overkill for a small business / home user with 1 PC? &nbsp;Is there a cost for Azure AD?<br />
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What would you do? As an MVP, you'd know better than me!
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I have my own machine in my own workgroup and my Microsoft Windows Account is the same as my Office account with the same password and that has been like that for a long time. &nbsp; This is Office Live and subscription, however, not a Office 365 Exchange account. &nbsp; For one user you do not need Azure (at least from my point of view)
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You also don't really need a Microsoft account for login. In fact, it would be better practice to use a local account as having a Microsoft account for authentication can cause unwanted headache down the road. For instance, if the user ever forgets the password and has to recover.. you have to turn to Microsoft. This can go smoothly or it can go indefinitely. Offline accounts are generally easier to manipulate on the whole and are just better for everyday use in that regard.
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I keep a record of passwords (and I know lots of users do not). That said, I find the Microsoft Account very good. My laptop is Microsoft and my Desktop is local. They both operate equally well.
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William - just yesterday I saw something (I forget the circumstances) where some screen was warning about a local user account and if you forget the password, you are SOL (thinking we know how to get around that : ) <br />
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But I agree with your thinking!<br />
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So I created a user hisname on the PC, logged into portal.office.com with hisname@hisdomain.com , installed office desktop apps and somewhere in there it asked if I wanted the machine to remember that account (the hisname@hisname.com). I said yes. &nbsp;not sure what that did... &nbsp;I keep thinking microsoft makes things way more complex than it needs to be.<br />
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Microsoft account is not office 365 account!? really?! In that screen for setting up user on the PC, it has that long row of things is part of microsoft account... but not o365!?<br />
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If you use the same email and password, it is not complicated. &nbsp;You may or may not use the &quot;benefits&quot; &nbsp;I do not always use these. Overall the use of a Microsoft Account is completely transparent in daily use. &nbsp;I switched my Laptop at the MVP Global Summit in November, 2016. No issues since.
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My apologies if this is trivial!<br />
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A user has an office 365 account for the desktop apps and has an office 365 business app for the desktop apps.. Email is managed by an outside company but trying to get them to move email to office 365 at some point.<br />
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He can go to portal.offfice.com and log in with hisname@domain.com<br />
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He is in a workgroup with 1 machine. His windows 7 machine with username &quot;hisname&quot; died.<br />
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On his new win 10 machine, I want to do things &quot;right&quot;. &nbsp;I thought that meant to use a microsoft account - his &nbsp;hisname@domain.com address since he's paying money to microsoft and that works at portal.office.com.<br />
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But creating a user on that machine using that address, I get<br />
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'That Microsoft account doesn't exist'....<br />
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I can create that but it wants person's name, birthdate, etc. &nbsp;Is that the route I need and want to take? Or since he can log into office 365, he should be good to go? &nbsp;Or is there something else I need to do?<br />
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thank you
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My apologies if this is trivial!

A user has an office 365 account for the desktop apps and has an office 365 business app for the desktop apps.. Email is managed by an outside company but trying to get them to move email to office 365 at some point.

He can go to portal.offfice.com and log in with hisname@domain.com

He is in a workgroup with 1 machine. His windows 7 machine with username "hisname" died.

On his new win 10 machine, I want to do things "right".  I thought that meant to use a microsoft account - his  hisname@domain.com address since he's paying money to microsoft and that works at portal.office.com.

But creating a user on that machine using that address, I get

'That Microsoft account doesn't exist'....

I can create that but it wants person's name, birthdate, etc.  Is that the route I need and want to take? Or since he can log into office 365, he should be good to go?  Or is there something else I need to do?

thank you

Windows 10 login account and Office 365 login

Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system featuring the "universal application architecture" (UAP); apps can be designed to run across multiple devices with nearly identical code, including PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded systems, Xbox One, Surface Hub and HoloLens. Windows 10 also includes a virtual desktop system, a window and desktop management feature called Task View, the Microsoft Edge web browser, support for fingerprint and face recognition login, voice-based search (Cortana), new security features for enterprise environments, and DirectX 12 and WDDM 2.0 to improve the operating system's graphics capabilities for games.

Windows 10

Microsoft Office is an integrated suite of applications that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and InfoPath, along with a number of tools to assist in making the individual components work together. Coding within and between the projects is done in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA.

Microsoft Office

Office 365 is a group of software plus services subscriptions that provides productivity software and related services to its subscribers. Office 365 allows the use of Microsoft Office apps on Windows and OS X, provides storage space on Microsoft's cloud storage service OneDrive, and grants 60 Skype minutes per month. Office 365 includes e-mail and social networking services through hosted versions of Exchange Server, Skype for Business Server, SharePoint and Office Online, integration with Yammer, as well as access to the Office software. All of Office 365's components can be managed and configured through an online portal; users can be added manually, imported from a CSV file, or Office 365 can be set up for single sign-on with a local Active Directory using Active Directory Federation Services.

Microsoft 365

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