I always avoided creating a Microsoft Online Acount for a device. Hence I dont know much about it. Lets say a company would hand out 20 laptops/desktops to its employees. Lets say the administrator creates a microsoft online account and sets it up as Admin Account on every single device before handing these out to the employees. The employees recieve a "normal" (local) account. The Administrator can, afaik, sync clipboard content, locate a device, mess with the Desktop and WiFi settings...but what else is possible ? And can you actually spy on employees as admin this way, even if there is NO remotedesktop active ? Is there any kind of confirmation ? Does it even work like this ? How does a login from "far away" work...if someone is actually working at the device already. I imagine a device is shown as "online" as soon as its connected to a network or WiFi. Would the login of the admin be noticed by the current user ? Or would it require a remotedesktop connection ? Is that possible at all as described ? As far as I understood, not all features are documented by Microsoft. █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ So I created an microsoft online account. Installed Windows 10 to 1 PC, using my online account credentials on the 1st login. I can now see CPU and OS info online, the status of the HDD, display driver and that virus and network checks are active. I could add a drive to OneDrive to safe local files...but it says "no useable drives found". hmmm "Locate my device" is not even close on the map and changes position on every search. Thats not what I expected in terms of "spying" on employees. So, basic infos is what I can "check".
Same for me here all my devices show in the map but about half a mile were their suppose to be not completely accurate but it triangulates it in the area, the lock device option does work.
Can it be un-locked (quickly) afterwards ? Or will it stay locked for "some time" and local users locked "forever" ?