Windows 10: Microsoft fleshes out Azure, Windows 10 Internet of things plan

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Can Windows 10 use my Office 365 Account for Sign In?

Yes this works well as I log-in to both Windows 10 Enterprise (x64) / Windows 10 Pro (x64) OS using my Office 365 E5 plan w/ these Add-ons

Azure Active Directory Premium P2

Azure Information Protection P2

It now works correctly & w/ a clean install of these OS w/ the onmicrosoft.com login & correct password this works Please do be aware to configure your Azure logins correctly together w/ Office 365 E5 if using this plan as I do!

Microsoft Azure also works w/ Windows Server 2016 Datacenter (Desktop Experience) which you'll be required to log-in w/ your domain as this is what I was told to do by Microsoft Office 365 Support - as the domain service has to be deployed together w/ Azure
upon this server as w/out it you'll only be able to use an Add-on Outlook.com account!

Regards,

Xen.

 

Windows Passport for Work

I am looking to find some information on Internet to implement Microsoft Passport for Work for Enterprises. We are a small Microsoft shop with various applications from other vendors. We use Google Apps for our productivity applications and use Microsoft
Windows workstations joined to AD environment. We run PKI using Microsoft Enterprise CAs. Most common login is by Smart Cards. But to reduce some of the infrastructures costs, we would like to evaluate if Microsoft Passport is an option for newer Windows 10
devices. We already have third party MDM (Xen Mobile from Citrix) to manage iOS, and Android devices. We do not have any dependency on Azure AD.

Most of my research online indicates that Azure AD is required for Microsoft Passport to work with in Enterprises. Is this true? Can it only work with AD and not depend on Azure AD? Signing up for Azure AD for this very purpose seems like an over kill for
us. If there are ways where Azure AD is not required, could you please point me to some docs?

I also read online that custom IDPs will be supported based on FIDO protocol. Not sure if this is required as we hope to leverage out of box integration with AD.

To conclude, could you please confirm or deny if Azure AD is required for AD on premise users in Enterprise scenarios? If Azure AD is required, are there any plans to support deployments with non Azure AD in your road map? If Azure AD is not required, could
you please point me to some details?

Thank you,