Logging into VM with work account

Jefferson Berlin 1 Reputation point
2019-12-05T23:28:31.91+00:00

I'm just trying to get my feet wet with Azure VMs. I've set up a Windows Desktop VM and can log in with a local account. I added my O365 work account as an administrator in the VM and within access control in the VM dashboard. When I try to log in, I get a "wrong user name or password" error at the Windows login (after RDPing to the site). I'm at a loss how to troubleshoot this and hoping someone is familiar with this problem. Thanks!

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  1. Sumarigo-MSFT 43,406 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2019-12-09T04:26:17.4+00:00

    The VM has to be added to your O365 account domain only then the user accounts present within the O365 domain gets validated. Only after you add your laptop to @microsoft.com domain, your MS username & password gets validated. If you are not added to MS domain (example when you first install the OS to your laptop & boot, it is still not added to domain) at the time, MS account wont' get validated for login. You need to use local account only.

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  2. Emerson Caro 86 Reputation points
    2019-12-19T04:01:49.467+00:00

    By default, you're only allowed to use the credentials you inputted upon the creation of the VM. Unless if you connect it to a Domain Controller/Azure AD Domain Services or if the machine is a Domain Controller.

    You can also use your Office 365 account if is connected to your Azure Active Directory tenant.

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