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Ask Microsoft Anything: Azure AD is being renamed
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Thursday, Jul 20, 2023, 09:30 AM PDTEvent details
On July 11, Microsoft announced that Azure AD is being renamed to Microsoft Entra ID. No action is needed, but here's a chance to ask the marketing and product teams about the rename, details on what...
Heather_Poulsen
Updated Dec 27, 2024
MSTechie
Microsoft
Jul 20, 2023do we call it azure ID or entra ID for a user account?
- Nichole_PetersonJul 20, 2023
Microsoft
Admins use an Azure AD account, which will now be called a Microsoft Entra account. End users (for example, employees) don't see the name Azure AD nor Microsoft Entra -- they will continue to know it as "a work or school account" which is branded Microsoft. Additional resources: - Azure AD account definitions: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/active-directory-whatis#terminology - Overview of Work and School accounts from Microsoft: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/work-or-school-account-help-718b3d92-a8a7-4656-8a05-c0228d346b7d - Microsoft personal accounts vs work and school accounts: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/what-s-the-difference-between-a-personal-microsoft-account-and-a/ba-p/2241897 - Char_CheesmanJul 20, 2023Bronze Contributor
Thanks for participating in today's AMA: Azure AD is being renamed! For reference, the panel covered this topic at around 14:00.