I think I've found a bug with Windows 10 that I put on the feedback app, but, it hasn't had any traction and I've raised with Microsoft but haven't had a lot of luck. I was wondering if I am doing something wrong and if anyone can help, or if this really is a bug?
I have a personal Microsoft account that I use on my home devices which are not domain joined. This Microsoft account is on my personal email address of [email protected]
. I use the Microsoft account to sync standard settings across devices.
I then have my company Office 365 account on the same [email protected]
address. This has got my Microsoft office subscription and my emails.
Whenever you try to add an account to MS Office (or even I think Windows 8 as I did this there), it immediately detects both accounts and asks you which you want to add:
However, on Windows 10, it seems to not give you the option and immediately comes up with an error:
The main reason for wanting this is that if you want the Windows lock screen to be more useful, you need to add your Exchange (or other) account to Windows as it is the only way to see appointments and other information - it is not compatible unfortunately with Outlook.
So, I was wondering if anyone has a solution or workaround (as I've come to a blank), am I doing something wrong, or is this simply a bug?
At the moment, I believe the workaround is to simply rename my personal Microsoft account, however, this seems like a really stupid compromise! I'm also thinking of just getting rid of the MS account and using local ones again as I am struggling to actually see a benefit other than a few wallpapers syncing!
update
I've been messing around for a while, trying different scenarios - If during setup, I select a local account, then add the email account first, it then fully syncs and works, and it also allows me to add the microsoft account after - however, this seems to create a fundamental error as the Microsoft account doesn't seem to actually work (apps/wallpaper not syncing), and after adding the Microsoft account, the email suddenly stops working and says I need to update the settings every 5 minutes.
It's interesting that it allows it this way round, but, just fundamentally doesn't work.
I'm unfortunately putting this down to a bug and hope it gets fixed :(