Our organization is currently using Office 365. We have just purchased some Windows 8 laptops and are trying to configure it using the Office 365 organizational account. I know that a "Microsoft Account" and a "Organizational Account" are different. However, are there any alternatives. I have tried going into the Azure Active Directory and using the "Microsoft Account" application there with no luck. Any help is appreciated.
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No.
As you already have noticed, Microsoft Account is not Work or School Account (where the latter was also known as Organisational account).
You, however have pretty good chances for success if your organisation is using internally Active Directory and have a Domain Controller. If this is the case, you can configure Azure AD Sync. Using this feature you can:
- have local AD accounts directly synced to the cloud - thus no need to additionally manage accounts there
- your users will use local AD to login to the Windows 8 machines
- your users will use the very same login credentials to login to O365
If you go further, you can even setup a single-sign-on for Azure AD, thus your users will not even see login prompt when they use O365 features and are logged in to the corporate network.
If your organisation is not using Active Directory and Domain Controller. Well ... start using one :) Well, in that case, you cannot do all the things I mention.
