Personal and Business Account on Same Desktop

You can definitely do that by simply adding your business or personal account (depending on which one is currently missing) to one drive app.

Click on one drive cloud icon in the taskbar the click on help and settings icon on the top right.

then click on settings again and then in the popup window click on account tab.

Check which account is logged in then click on add account.

Add the missing account in the location.

Confirm your choice.

This will add two one drive shortcuts in your file manager one for personal and one for business both of them will be independent and both will have your documents separately. Though note that your local files (in c and other drives) will be available for both accounts.

Hello Robt3000,

I am Jaspreet Singh.

Yes you can have both a personal account and a business account on the same system.

Login with your personal account first from the Settings > Accounts > Your account. Select 'Sign in with a Microsoft account instead

after this is done go to settings again then click on accounts then on the left hand side click on sign in with a work or study account. Use your business account credentials here and that account will be logged in too.

Thanks again Jaspreet. I don't need to separate them completely. I don't mind having the same apps on both accounts. I'm just interested in having the documents separated. Can that be achieved? If so, how?

If we can separate them as mentioned above, can I have Office 365 Business Standard on the Business Account and Office 365 personal on the Personal Account. If that is not possible, can I have separate Onedrive apps on the accounts.

I believe what I'm trying to achieve is a standard MS setup that should be possible. Microsoft seems to have a lot of material referring to business and personal accounts Do you know what setup they have in mind? I just don't have the knowledge and experience to set it up properly. Any comments/suggestions are appreciated. Tx

Robt3000 I think you are trying to seperate work and personal accounts completely so you have seperate apps for both accounts. Are you trying to do so?
If yes then sadly you wont be able to do so. Some aspects of windows will remain connected to your business account while personal account will be reflected in others at the same time. There will not be a proper divide between both accounts.

Hi Jaspreet,

Thank you for your reply. I tried following your instructions but the prompts I get are different (see screenshot below). Note that my operating system is Windows 10 Professional, in case that makes any difference. Any suggestions on where to go from this?