Windows 10 has new functionality for workplace account provisioning

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Interesting new features in Windows 10 that are showing up in build 10036.

There’s a new setting called “Your Workplace” where you can “Gain access to shared workplace resources (things like apps, the network, and email) with a workplace account.

Now let’s take a step back and try and understand more about accounts in the workplace.

What is a Workplace Account?

Companies, organizations, universities, and other employers can create a workplace account on your Windows device (phome, tablet or desktop) that provides apps and info that can make it easier for you to do your job.

A workplace account can also make changes designed to help keep work-related info more secure.

Setting up a workplace account can install any of the following:

• New security policies

• New apps

• A new hub

Most workplace accounts will come with one or more policies—safeguards designed to help protect your device and any job-related information on it.

Policies can also add or remove capabilities that affect how your Windows device works.

For example, your company may:

• Require a password of a certain length or complexity (this may require you to change your existing password).

• Disable your storage card, if you have one.

• Remotely reset your device to its original fresh-from-the-box state.

• Disable built-in apps like Internet Explorer.

• Prevent specific apps installed on your phone from opening or running.

• Prevent your device from downloading certain apps in the Windows App Store.

• Prevent you from removing your workplace account.

These are just some examples. Of course every employer is different.

Back to Windows 10.

Here’s what the screen looks like.


Accounts – Your Workplace

You are able to click on “Connect to Workplace”


Connect to Workplace

This will open up a prompt for your email address.

Not sure but I am guessing this might be an Active Directory/Intune/SCCM prompt.

Once you have inputted your email address, I am guessing you either have provisioning occur OR if you have already been provisioned, authentication and authorization kicks in.


Connect to your workplace

source:windows10update