Account Linking Project Information
This article will the hub for all information relating to the project to link our computer accounts with our Microsoft accounts
Current Status & User actions required
Change window has closed
Changes are complete
Actions required: If Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams etc prompt you to sign back in, you
will now sign in with whatever your primary work email address is and the
password that you use to sign in to your computer.
If you
did have a different password for your .onmicrosoft.com account, that is
password is no more. It has been overwritten with your work computer password
now.
Your work
computer password (that is now your everything password) has not been changed.
FAQs
Why is this happening?
Two usernames and two passwords are cumbersome for both you
and IT to deal with. Having the same username and password for both will be
more convenient, and will allow for people use collaboration tools such as
Teams and SharePoint more easily. It will also help those who share computers (hot
desk) with ease of first sign on. Furthermore, it will help improve our cyber-security.
How will this affect me?
After the work is complete you will have one username and
password to sign into both your computer and Microsoft accounts. This is
instead of the two sets that you currently have.
For example, you Bob Ross, currently signs into a work
computer with “bross” & “ReallyStrongPassword” and signs into Microsoft resources
with “bross@chesterracecompany.onmicrosoft.com” & “AnotherStrongPassword”.
After the work is complete you will just use “bross@chester-races.com” & “ReallyStrongPassword”
to sign into both.
My email doesn’t end @chester-races.com
You will sign in with whatever your primary email address is
e.g. bob@thewhitehorsechester.co.uk, bross@musselburgh-racecourse.co.uk etc.
2 accounts? I don’t have a Microsoft account do I?
Everyone has two accounts, you just might not know that you have two
separate accounts, if you’ve never needed to access Microsoft services on your
phone/2nd computer.
I have another question…
If your question is not answered here please log a ticket via email helpdesk@chester-races.com or scroll to the the bottom of the page and click "Submit a ticket" button. We will answer you and update the FAQ.
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