Windows 10: Convert local Windows 10 account to a work Microsoft Account

I previously setup local accounts on a couple of PCs in the office; a couple of those computers have Win10 and one with Win11. I'm trying to convert those local accounts to Microsoft accounts using the work email addresses for each employee. When I enter the work email address, I receive the message "That Microsoft account doesn't exist. Enter a different account or get a new one". I know the accounts exist since I have set my own work computers desktop & laptop with Microsoft accounts using my work email address. I also was successful setting up one employee's new laptop with a Micros

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Convert online Microsoft Azure account to local account?

Unfortunately, you cannot switch an Azure AD account to a local or Microsoft account. You need to create a new user account first, make it an admin account, then disconnect from your organizational account, restart and sign in to new local account.

All software remains installed and intact but all user specific customizations and settings are lost, new local user starting from scratch with default settings.

The whole process step by step:

1.) Copy your personal data (documents, images etc.) from current Azure AD user profile folder to respective folders in C:\Users\Public

2.) In Settings > Accounts > Other people, add a new local user (see Option One in this tutorial) and change it's account type to Administrator (tutorial)

3.) Check that everything is correct, that you will see your Azure AD account under Work or school users (yellow highlight), and your new local admin account under Other people (blue highlight):





4.) Select Access work or school on left pane, select the connected Azure AD domain, click Disconnect:





5.) Click Yes:





6.) Click Disconnect:





7.) Enter the username and password for your new local admin account, click OK:





8.) Click Restart now:





9.) When back on desktop with your new local admin account, move personal data from Public folder and its subfolders you backed up in step 1 above to respective subfolders on new user profile folder. If the old Azure AD user profile folder is still present in Users folder, it can be deleted now.

That's it.

 

Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown

 

Local account converted to Microsoft account?

Hi,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We will assist you in resolving the issue.



Follow the steps below to convert to local account, follow the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

• Sign in to your Microsoft account on Windows 10.
• Press Windows logo key on the keyboard, type Settings and select the top most search result.
• Click Accounts and under Your emails and accounts
  click on sign in with a local account instead option.
• Enter your Microsoft account's password and click on Next.
• Type in a Password, and
  Password Hint that you want set for your local account and click
  Next. Click on Sign out and Finish button.

If you want to switch back to Microsoft account, follow the steps below:

• On the newly converted Local account, press Windows logo key on the keyboard, type
  Settings and select the top most search result.
• Click Accounts and under Your emails and accounts click on
  sign in with a microsoft account instead option.
• Enter the Microsoft account ID and Password and click Sign in.
• Follow the on-screen instructions and check if the changes are effective.

Write back to us with the status of the issue on the same post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.