What is an Organizational Account?

What is an organizational account?

An organizational account, previously known as Microsoft Online Services ID, is an account created by an organization’s administrator to enable access to Microsoft organizational services or Microsoft cloud service subscriptions, such as Office 365 or Windows Intune. These organizational accounts are managed by an organization’s administrator through Windows Azure Active Directory and are usually in the form of username@orgname.onmicrosoft.com.

However, an organizational account can take the form of a user’s organizational email address, such as username@orgname.com, when an organization federates or synchronizes their Active Directory accounts with Windows Azure Active Directory. An initial organizational account, which is often assigned to the global administrator role, is created when an organization first signs up for a Microsoft organizational service.

For more information about Windows Azure Active Directory, Windows Azure AD tenants, and organizational accounts, please refer to:

What is a Windows Azure AD tenant?

Administering your Windows Azure AD tenant

What is my user ID and why do I need it?

See Also

Concepts

Microsoft Account for Organizations FAQ
Overview of Microsoft Account for Organizations