Azure AD Identity issuer MicrosoftAccount

bzsolt 21 Reputation points
2022-01-13T10:11:22.96+00:00

In our tenant my user has multiple identity issuers. Other users have just one. In case of my user there is an issuer that is the same what other users have and there is an issuer named MicrosoftAccount. In case of the MicrosoftAccount issuer the Sign-in type is federated.

What does this mean? Why it is added to my account? What advantages it has and can I add it for other users too?

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  1. Vasil Michev 119.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-01-13T10:30:26.873+00:00

    That is likely because you have added your MicrosoftID (outlook.com account) to your tenant's directory. MicrosoftAccount is the identity provider linked to such accounts, and federated basically means, that an external identity provider (external to Azure AD in this case, not external to Microsoft) is responsible for authenticating this user. Here's for example how it looks for one such user in my tenant:

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    Refer to the following article for more details: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/external-identities/user-properties

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  1. Valdas Adomaitis 1 Reputation point
    2022-12-10T13:01:28.06+00:00

    Hi all,

    "Homed in a Microsoft or other account and represented as a guest user in the host organization. In this case, the guest user signs in with a Microsoft account or a social account. The invited user's identity is created as a Microsoft account in the inviting organization’s directory during offer redemption." @ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/implement-manage-external-identities/3-collaboration.

    On invite redemption MS account is created in inviting organizations directory.

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