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The My Account portal helps you to manage your work or school account by setting up and managing your security info, managing your devices, changing your profile photo, and viewing how your organization uses your data.
Explore the differences between Microsoft accounts, (sometimes called personal accounts) and Microsoft Entra (work or school accounts).
As an employee, IT worker, or end-user, set up authentication for your work or school account, reset your own password, set up and join devices, set up the Microsoft Authenticator app, and use the My Account and My Apps portals.
Windows registers your device to your work or school network, letting you access your resources using your personal account. After your device is registered, Windows then joins your device to the network, so you can use your work or school username and password to sign in and access restricted resources.
You can view or change your account settings in the My Account portal, such as language or time zone, from the Settings & Privacy page of the My Account portal.
To increase the security of your work or school account, your organization may require two steps to sign in. You may not be able to turn this setting off, but you can choose which devices are set up to help you sign in.
Adding a work or school account to Windows is a straightforward process that enhances your access to organizational resources and services. This article provides an overview and answers to some frequently asked questions (FAQ) about adding a work or school account to your Windows device using applications such as Microsoft Outlook or Edge.
Signing in with a Microsoft account, or work or school account to Microsoft 365 or Office is how Microsoft verifies you have a legitimate license. How you associate your account depends on your Microsoft 365 or Office product and how you got it.
If your work or school account has a Copilot license, you can use Copilot features on files owned by that work or school organization, or files owned by other Microsoft accounts if you have permissions to open those files with one of the signed in accounts.
With account linking, users with a linked Microsoft account can now earn Microsoft Rewardspoints for Microsoft Bing searches done in their browser or Windows search box while signed in with their work or school account.