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Microsoft: You need to fix your Skype and Microsoft account issues, this is insane

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Re: Microsoft: You need to fix your Skype and Microsoft account issues, this is insane

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It looks like [email] is used with more than one account. Which account do you want to use? - Work or school account - Personal account I get this prompt every time I try to log into Azure with my work email. If I choose the work account (the most intuitive option) my azure subscription list is empty. I have to log out and select the other option. Why is there a difference and why isn't this transparent? I am authent…

Back in the days MS used to allow you to create a "Microsoft Account" (MSA) using any email, including an email that's already associated with Azure Active Directory (AAD work or school account). This was a mistake and has been patched. But it looks like an MSA was created using the same email as your AAD before the fix. Thus, from MS's perspective, there are two distinct accounts under the same email, hence the UX.…

This could be resolved by sending an email notice telling people exactly what's happening and giving them the option to collapse their personal/non-work Microsoft accounts into the current work/managed accounts.

If it's a company domain then there's not much reason to have personal account with the same work email address.

Re: Microsoft: You need to fix your Skype and Microsoft account issues, this is insane

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post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This may be enough (receive SMS without a phone) if you're desperate for Azure or other account: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13631724

that's the problem, every site I tried failed their "is this a real phone" check including their own service and the phone that nearly any normal person, technical or otherwise would consider a "land line"

If that's true for this specific site I'm sure the proprietor would appreciate a heads-up!
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