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Allow removal of "Connected to Windows" accounts from Edge profiles
I love being able to create multiple profiles for the various accounts and services I have to use, I am now up to 7. It's great to be able to separate them and just utilize sso to do what I need with...
Thanks for the feedback, we've heard this from other users too. Re: the connected to windows accounts, we are working to remove this but since it is cross group collaboration, it may take a while. We eventually would like to just sign you in with the profile account.
Re: Adding an account only to the app, if you select the "This app only" option in the sign in flow where you are asked to manage the device, the account won't be added to the computer and nor will your device get managed.
Is there any update to this issue after two years?
I have a daily user account with limited administrative access that I have signed into the computer, and when I go to use Edge for admin work within O365/Azure/EAC, I am constantly having to switch profiles due to Edge being "smart" and noticing that I'm navigating to a Microsoft login page, and "helpfully" signing me in with my Connected to Windows account. This has led to countless redirect loops when attempting to access the Exchange Admin Center, specifically, due to the lack of permissions on my standard, non-admin level account. The loop order is as follows:
1. Bookmark link: https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/
2. Edge loads page and signs in with non-admin account that is "Connected to Windows"
3. Redirected to https://outlook.office365.com/ecp/ as the EAC portal must notice that the account does not have permissions to sign in
4. Immediate redirected to https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/?landingpage=homepage&form=ecp_toggle_redirect
5. Redirected back to https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/
6. Repeat every 2-3 seconds
I don't want to remove the account from the OS via Settings > Accounts > Access Work or School, as this is my company account on my assigned company device. I would prefer to use Edge for this case due to mental compartmentalization and personal work flow, but if this can't be addressed I will simply use Firefox, Brave, or another browser with more granular control.
The profile signed into Edge is the Admin level account, and I've attempted to remove the associated passwords to the portals in question multiple times. From what I can tell, this is caused by Microsoft's Sign In Assistant, and it's all or nothing with no way to opt out of Edge specifically.
Hopefully, Microsoft has been working on and plans to implement a feature of removing, or at least not defaulting & overriding the user-specified default account, the 'Connected To Windows' Microsoft account from the list of sign in options displayed when using Edge browser to navigate to Microsoft Cloud sign in pages, such as the Azure Portal and the Exchange Admin Center. Having it available as a secondary option is nice, but not necessary.
Thank you for your time.
I have a daily user account with limited administrative access that I have signed into the computer, and when I go to use Edge for admin work within O365/Azure/EAC, I am constantly having to switch profiles due to Edge being "smart" and noticing that I'm navigating to a Microsoft login page, and "helpfully" signing me in with my Connected to Windows account. This has led to countless redirect loops when attempting to access the Exchange Admin Center, specifically, due to the lack of permissions on my standard, non-admin level account. The loop order is as follows:
1. Bookmark link: https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/
2. Edge loads page and signs in with non-admin account that is "Connected to Windows"
3. Redirected to https://outlook.office365.com/ecp/ as the EAC portal must notice that the account does not have permissions to sign in
4. Immediate redirected to https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/?landingpage=homepage&form=ecp_toggle_redirect
5. Redirected back to https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/
6. Repeat every 2-3 seconds
I don't want to remove the account from the OS via Settings > Accounts > Access Work or School, as this is my company account on my assigned company device. I would prefer to use Edge for this case due to mental compartmentalization and personal work flow, but if this can't be addressed I will simply use Firefox, Brave, or another browser with more granular control.
The profile signed into Edge is the Admin level account, and I've attempted to remove the associated passwords to the portals in question multiple times. From what I can tell, this is caused by Microsoft's Sign In Assistant, and it's all or nothing with no way to opt out of Edge specifically.
Hopefully, Microsoft has been working on and plans to implement a feature of removing, or at least not defaulting & overriding the user-specified default account, the 'Connected To Windows' Microsoft account from the list of sign in options displayed when using Edge browser to navigate to Microsoft Cloud sign in pages, such as the Azure Portal and the Exchange Admin Center. Having it available as a secondary option is nice, but not necessary.
Thank you for your time.
This is now happening in Chrome as well all of a sudden. I used to just use Edge as my 365 account, and any of my clients that I need to access, I would login through Chrome. Now, it's doing it for both browsers. Very annoying!