Add Microsoft Office 365 Business Standard Account Windows 10 Home

Question

I am trying to add new user using their Office 365 business standard account to a machine with a local user already created. I currently do not see switch user or anything else when logged in but when I do try to add a user and it asks for the microsoft account I fill it in but get an error about the account not existing. Why is this and how can I add this account to this PC? Do I have to reset it and sign in?

Answer 1

With Windows 10 Home you cannot add an account via the typical methods mentioned above. Only one account can be created at setup of the machine and that is only 365 Home accounts. If a business 365 account needs added this can only be done by creating a local user account and then "linking" the business 365 account via the Add work or school accounts option shown above.

All the netplwiz, lusr.msc, and many other options will not work on Windows 10 Home in the hours I spent with this.

Answer 2

@Memory ,

As it is OK to log the account into Office.com, I think the question is more related to Windows 10, network or others.

We are mainly responsible for general issues of Office desktop applications, to better help you, I also suggest you ask the question in following forum.

Microsoft 365 and Office 365 with Account and Sign-in topics

According to the article "Windows 10 setup: Which user account type should you choose?", in my opinion, there seem to be the following 2 key points.
(Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.)

• If you need to sign in one account associated with an Office 365 Business or Enterprise subscription, when setting up Windows 10, you need to choose the option of "Set up for an organization" , but this option is not available on Windows 10 Home.
• On Windows 10 Home, you're limited to only the personal options: a local account or a Microsoft account for personal.

I would personally suggest you try the steps of the image below to add work or school accounts to your PC. This image is the screenshot of "Add or remove accounts on your PC".

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Answer 3

Go to https://login.microsoftonline.com/

Check and verify your accessibility. If you can login to that you should be able add your account to Windows 10 with your O365 subscription.