Microsoft has made things confusing and needs to make some changes regarding O365 and Microsoft accounts.

Background: I am a company O365 account administrator. My company would like get everything under one umbrella. Currently we are using Windows desktops and exchange email but using iPads and iPhones for mobile access. Some users are paying for dropbox and box.com for file sharing and I'm trying to get them to use OneDrive for Business and SharePoint.  We have an E1 O365 company account already in place. 

Issue 1: I have ordered some Dell Venue tablets and a Windows phone for testing. The idea is to be able to have only one account attached to their devices. Currently I have to manage apple ID's and O365 Accounts. The problem is I cannot use my O365 account to register my devices. Microsoft still requires I set up a separate Microsoft account on each device. I may as well just stick with using apple devices if I still have to manage two accounts.

Issue 2: OneDrive and OneDrive for Business do not work the same. For one, they have the same name but they are not the same thing. There obviously wasn't much thought put into that one. OneDrive is for the Microsoft account while OneDrive for Business is for the O365 account. On the OneDrive side users are allowed to anonymously share entire folders so they can collaborate with others. OneDrive for Business only allows anonymous links for individual files but not entire folders. If you want to share an entire folder, both users must have a Microsoft account. This becomes a problem when my company needs to send multiple documents to potential clients. Now I have to tell my customers that they need a Microsoft account to work with my company. That is an automatic strike one on trying to make a sale. This is why my sales people are using Box.com instead of OneDrive for Business. 

Solution 1: Microsoft needs to find a way to allow Microsoft Devices to be registered to O365 accounts and make it so they function through their work accounts rather than requiring users to make separate accounts.

Solution 2: Set up OneDrive for Business just like OneDrive. And rename it to ShareDrive or something different to eliminate confusion.

• Edited by Tim O365 user 15 hours 13 minutes ago