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Anthony Russell
Jul 18, 2019Iron Contributor
Still unable to sign in using AAD
The latest blog post suggests that you should be able to sign in using a AAD accounts, but i'm still not finding I can. Only MS accounts are able to be selected. This is version 77.0.21...
Tiago Freire
Jul 26, 2019Copper Contributor
On the positive side: Once the flag is enabled, the menu experience is pretty painless. I am on a machine connected to my O365 domain with Windows 10 Pro. It detects my user and conveniently offers me the option of syncing the profile to that user with one click, but still gives me the option of selecting a different O365 account, or a Microsoft account.
+1 for the first half of the experience, UI is pleasant, simple and to the point.
On the negative side:
I am getting the error:
We can't sign you in right now
The Microsoft Edge team has been notified of this issue. Please try again later. Error code: -2147024540
I don't know if it is just buggy right now; or because of the license - I have a Microsoft O365 Business license. Other users on my company use Microsoft 365 Business Essentials and Office 365 Business Essentials.
IMO any O365 license should just work to sync settings, to foster adoption of the platform. Microsoft, you are playing catch-up here, need to give the goodies.
RichLusk
Jul 26, 2019Iron Contributor
In order to sync the Windows 10 settings of PC joined to Azure AD and the new Edge settings your Office 365 tenant must have an Azure Premium subscription in order to enable Enterprise State Roaming. I don't think most people know this. If you don't have an Azure Premium subscription when you go to Windows 10>Settings>Accounts>Sync your Settings you will notice the settings are grayed out and it says "Sync is not available for your account. Contact your system administrator to resolve this."
Here is an article with more information.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/devices/enterprise-state-roaming-overview
Notice about halfway through the article it states "Enterprise State Roaming is available to any organization with a Premium Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) subscription."
Here is an article with more information.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/devices/enterprise-state-roaming-overview
Notice about halfway through the article it states "Enterprise State Roaming is available to any organization with a Premium Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) subscription."
- Jeffrey AllenAug 16, 2019Silver Contributor
RichLusk, we have Azure AD Premium and it let's me sign in and says syncing but never does sync.
- RichLuskAug 21, 2019Iron Contributor
Syncing for work accounts does not work unless the O365 Tenant has Azure Premium P1 or P2. Edge Team please communicate this. Or please get with the O365 Azure Team and have them enable Enterprise State Roaming for all O365 plans and not just the Enterprise plans. Because right now unless a company has Office 365 Enterprise licenses there is no way to sync Windows 10 profiles nor the Edge profiles. Please see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/devices/enterprise-state-roaming-enable
- SanderGAug 22, 2019Copper Contributor
RichLusk Thank you for this information.
This is essentially different for how Chrome works in the enterprise. Chrome can be configured with a local sync backend (as opposed to a Google account that syncs with their servers).
We have on-premises AD currently and use ADFS. My expectation was that Edge, with its automatic sign-in using federated credentials, would be superior to Chrome's solution for syncing data and we would happily uninstall Chrome. I hope this becomes possible in the near future.
- akhatorAug 19, 2019Former Employee
Jeffrey Allen Thanks for reporting the problem. Can you submit feedback using in-app feedback channel so that we can investigate this further?
- Tiago FreireJul 26, 2019Copper ContributorUnderstood.
In this case, the error message is a total faceplant, given it would be "expected behavior" in some licensing scenarios. It should simply inform the consumer in a clear and concise language, with a link to the documentation.
Still, Microsoft should reconsider browser settings sync with O365 licenses.
Without that, Edge Chromium is dead in the water, simple as that.- akhatorJul 29, 2019Former Employee
Thank you for your feedback. We are actively working on enabling sync for Enterprise accounts and will be rolling it out very soon. We acknowledge the concern you raised around sync only available for Azure premium accounts. We are exploring ways to improve our offering/messaging here.
Really appreciate your support and patience.
- Tiago FreireAug 05, 2019Copper Contributor"We are actively working on enabling sync for Enterprise accounts"
Enterprise only? That's still inferior to what people are used to.
Google Chrome gives sync to all accounts, starting from free, and it just works.
You already have it for free accounts. It does not make sense to take it away from Home & Student, Home & Business & Business/Essentials/Premium Accounts, and only give it back on Enterprise.
If Microsoft goes down this route, it is starting off handicapping itself. It is already in an uphill battle to gain any market share. How does removing features make a product more desirable? It doesn't.
People live in the cloud, if you provide inferior sync, it will not be adopted, and will be a stillborn product, simple as that.
Bottom line:
Sync should be provided starting off in the free tier and just work on all product tiers above it.