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Non profit business standard users join PCs to Active directory
Hi I have waded through masses of online stuff and can't get a clear answer to this. It is driving me insane!
We have about 10 users on nonprofit business standard - all running win 10 or win 11 pro.
I need to allow different users to share a PC - but have user restricted access to microsoft 365 online data - sharepoint - web apps etc
Most older machines are domain aware as in you login with the domain account - they work fine.
Newer machines cannot and all have only local accounts but have stored credentials for the main user for sharepoint etc. That is a problem when a PC is shared as someone may have logged in locally but they have left credentials for sharepoint allowing access. to privileged info
If I upgrade one of the licenses to business premium would that enable me (with admin privs) to join existing and yet to be bought PCs to the domain or would I need a premium license for each user? We don;t need the higher up functionality such as intune as far as I know - just the ability for fred_AT_ourcharity.com to share a PC sensibly with bill_AT_ourcharity.com
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You cannot enable shared PC Domain/Azure AD join with Business Premium license equipped only, each user who needs to sign in to a Domain‑joined or Azure AD‑joined PC must have a license that includes Azure AD Premium P1.
https://medium.com/@jacknels/plan-your-microsoft-entra-join-deployment-in-2026-an-enterprise-architects-blueprint-cecafe0e6652
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-au/answers/questions/5679002/how-to-add-a-new-windows-device-for-an-existing-us
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/product-licensing/azure