[Samba] Samba AD with Microsoft Account

Jean-Philippe Steinmetz
2016-01-12T00:25:28Z

I was able to find this thread that seems to be the same problem I am
having.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d861e179-6515-4322-a628-b7e73b2335e8/cannot-add-a-microsoft-account-to-domain-account-with-roaming-profiles?forum=win10itprogeneral

When provisioning a new AD domain controller in samba, I assume the default
behavior is that all user profiles are set to roaming?

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Jean-Philippe Steinmetz <
caskater47 at gmail.com> wrote:

> In a related problem. I've tried linking my Office365 account. I get
> through the sign-in process but when it is attempting to link the device I
> can an error message stating:
>
> *We weren't able to register your device and add your account to
Windows.
> Your access to org resources may be limited.*
>
> The domain account I am logged in with is part of the Domain Admins group
> so I don't think this should be a problem.
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Jean-Philippe Steinmetz <
> caskater47 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Viktor is correct. That is what I am trying to accomplish.
>>
>> The reason why I suspect it's a samba issue is because on the
workstation
>> I use at my company I am able to successfully link my Microsoft account
to
>> the domain profile. The company uses a Windows Server 2008 for Active
>> Directory. So it would stand to reason the only difference here is the
type
>> of server being used.
>>
>> Thank you for the link to the profile migration tool however. That did
>> help with a different problem. I tried migrating my existing local
profile
>> which did have my MS account linked. The profile is now migrated but
i've
>> lost the link to the MS account.
>>
>> When I go to add it back I get the same behavior as before. It just
>> doesn't work. If I open the Store app and try to sign-in with the
MS
>> account I get the error message "We encountered an error. Please
try
>> signing in again later."
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Viktor Trojanovic <viktor at
troja.ch>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11.01.2016 20:37, Rowland penny wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/01/16 19:26, Jean-Philippe Steinmetz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yes I have provisioned the samba server as an Active
Directory domain
>>>>> controller (I mentioned that in the first e-mail).
>>>>>
>>>>> The reason for linking the two is to provide easy access to
additional
>>>>> MS
>>>>> services that won't be hosted internally (e.g.
OneDrive, Skype, MS
>>>>> Store).
>>>>>
>>>>> Ultimately I am using this as a private domain at home to
simplify
>>>>> device
>>>>> management but I want to continue be able to use existing
MS services
>>>>> as
>>>>> well.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Rowland penny <rpenny
at samba.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/01/16 19:04, Jean-Philippe Steinmetz wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure. In short, I am trying to link a Microsoft Account
to a domain
>>>>>>> profile on the workstation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I log in to the workstation with the user profile
controlled by the
>>>>>>> samba
>>>>>>> AD server (e.g. MYDOMAIN\MyUser). Then once logged
in I attempt to
>>>>>>> link an
>>>>>>> existing Microsoft Account to that user profile. I
do this by going
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> Settings->Accounts->Add a Microsoft account.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> I think I understand now, you want to change a local profile to
a
>>>> domain profile (I don't think you can just link them), if
so, have a look
>>>> here:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.forensit.com/downloads.html
>>>>
>>>> Rowland
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure you understand him yet. Microsoft, similar to
Google and
>>> Apple, offers various cloud services that can all be reached
through one
>>> single account, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_account
for
>>> details. A Microsoft account to Windows is what an Apple ID is to
iOS (or
>>> at least that's where Microsoft is headed).
>>>
>>> JP wants to achieve single sign-on for these services by linking
his
>>> Microsoft account to his AD user account. If it's possible, I
don't know.
>>> But I'm pretty sure it's not a Samba matter.
>>>
>>> Viktor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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