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> Domains: Respectfully, you don't need to know all the permutations, just the ones that get you what you need. That's a bit of a problem, because the sign-up
by msravi 5y ago
> Domains: Respectfully, you don't need to know all the permutations, just the ones that get you what you need.
That's a bit of a problem, because the sign-up mail they sent me, had a link to onmicrosoft.com, and the billing was on admin.microsoft.com. I had no idea that office.com was the place to go to, to have all the nice things in one place.
I wanted to create a form. So I google for "microsoft forms." First link takes me to forms.office.com, that redirects to a microsoft.com forms landing page that has a sign-in. Great. Click on the sign-in. Get redirected to login.live.com. Try to sign in with my microsoft business basic account.
"That Microsoft account doesn't exist. Enter a different account or get a new one."
Hmm... but I can see a forms license enabled on admin.microsoft.com... Turns out that live.com is only for personal accounts, not business accounts. The microsoft forms landing page says NOTHING about where business accounts should login to access forms.
Ok, so now I want outlook. So, outlook.com? Takes me to outlook.live.com - again same problem. So turns out you've to go to outlook.office365.com to get to the business sign-in. After sign-in, it redirects to outlook.office.com.
outlook.office.com redirects to login.microsoftonline.com (that allows business login), but forms.office.com takes you to login.live.com that doesn't allow business login.
- aksss 5y agoYeah, I get it, just saying stop worrying and learn to love the bomb - use office.com. If you want to get to outlook use outlook.office.com. If you want to use Forms (and have a license for it) use forms.office.com.
- Shared404 5y ago"Stop complaining it's broken and use the undocumented workarounds"
- aksss 5y agoI have my share of gripes with MS daily, but some of the comments here smack of user error and the “old man yells at cloud” headline.
- msravi 5y agoLike I said in my comment, forms.office.com doesn't work. Going to forms.office.com redirects you to login.live.com where you cannot login with a business account. But outlook.office.com works. That inconsistency is the problem.
- aksss 5y agoYou can absolutely login to forms.office.com with a business account. Just verified.