Windows 10: Switching to a free account after installing Microsoft 365

Discus and support Switching to a free account after installing Microsoft 365 in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; My school provides a Microsoft 365 account, and I have a personal free Microsoft account that my new PC is logged on to, and for Office Android, with... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/dl_supertroll, Jun 22, 2020.

  1. Switching to a free account after installing Microsoft 365


    My school provides a Microsoft 365 account, and I have a personal free Microsoft account that my new PC is logged on to, and for Office Android, with the free 5GB OneDrive.

    I installed Office using the school account on the new PC. Since I didn't pay for Office on my personal free account, can I switch over to it and still use the apps, and use my personal OneDrive?

    In other words, once installed, are the Office apps associated with the account or with the device it's installed on?

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    /u/dl_supertroll, Jun 22, 2020
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  2. Kari Win User

    Change Microsoft Account Details in Administrator Account


    Hi Daryl, welcome to the Ten Forums.

    It's quite easy in fact, simply switch the account in question first to a local account, then switch back to a Microsoft account, this time using your wife's MS account credentials.

    Tutorials:
    Notice that before doing this you need to remove the new additional MS account on the PC, the one you created with her credentials. Windows allows only one user account for each email address, if the new account exists you cannot switch the original administrator account to an MS account using the same email address. Tutorial: User Account - Delete in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
     
  3. scopio Win User
    Office 365 Outlook email accounts

    The reason I am asking these questions are that two individuals are buying two new laptops and would like to share one Microsoft Office 365 Personal.
    A has a subscription to Microsoft Office 365 Personal already and wants to share the same account with B.
    I have installed Microsoft Office 365 Personal in a second pc B and when launching Outlook all my email accounts from A were loaded. So, I cannot figure out how to install Microsoft Office 365 Personal in a second pc so that my email accounts A are not loaded.
    This raises more questions for me.
    1. So this
      • User A installs and activates O365 on User B's laptop
      • User B adds his / her email accounts to Outlook
      would not apply to Microsoft Office 365 Personal as it breaches the licence agreement?
    2. Am I correct?
    3. If it does apply how can I install Microsoft Office 365 Personal in a second pc so that my email accounts A are not loaded, and I can only add B email account on the second pc?
    4. Would B be able to access A OneDrive?
    5. Or would B have a separate 1TB free space in One drive, or only the free 5GB or none at all?
    6. And most importantly is this even legal or in breach of contract as Microsoft Office 365 Personal is for one user only?
     
    scopio, Jun 22, 2020
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  4. JanBouman Win User

    Switching to a free account after installing Microsoft 365

    Switch to local account and back to Microsoft account is impossible

    Thank you Smittychat.

    I did ecactly what you suggested. Each one of the steps ended with messages saying that nothing is wrong, nothing is corrupted and no problems found. I tried to switch to my Microsoft account after each step (without result). I even restarted the system
    after performing all three steps.

    The issue persists. When I try to switch to my Microsoft Account by using the Windows Settings --> Accounts buttons and selecting "Sign in with a Microsoft account instead", I still get the message "Something went wrong. Try again or select Cancel to set
    up your device later."
     
    JanBouman, Jun 22, 2020
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