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title: Alternate email user sign in for Azure Active Directory
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title: Alternate email user sign-in for Azure Active Directory
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description: Learn how to configure and enable users to sign in to Azure Active Directory using alternate email address (preview)
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services: active-directory
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ms.service: active-directory
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ms.subservice: authentication
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ms.topic: how-to
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ms.date: 05/04/2020
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ms.date: 05/11/2020
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ms.author: iainfou
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author: iainfoulds
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manager: daveba
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# Configure user sign-in with an alternate email address in Azure Active Directory (preview)
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Many organizations want to use hybrid authentication to allow their users to sign in directly to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). With hybrid authentication, users have the same sign-in credentials in an on-premises environment and in the cloud. However, hybrid authentication may currently be blocked in your environment because of the following reasons:
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* The unique principal name (UPN) for a user must be identical in the on-premises directory and in Azure AD.
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* For best compatibility, you require the user principle name (UPN) for the user to be identical in the on-premises directory and in Azure AD.
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* Azure AD requires users to sign in with their Azure AD UPN.
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* Your users can't sign in with their UPN because they don't know, can't remember, or just don't associate with their UPN.
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* Especially for large organizations with multiple subsidiaries or acquired companies, users may not be allowed to use an account with the parent company as part of their UPN.
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If this situation describes your organization, you can now use the preview for Azure AD user sign-in with an alternate email address. With this approach, you enable your users to sign in with their well-known email address in the cloud, just like they do in your on-premises network. Users only need to know their email address, not their UPN.
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For these scenarios and more, you can now use the preview for Azure AD user sign-in with an alternate email address. With this approach, you enable your users to sign in with their well-known email address in the cloud, just like they do in your on-premises network. Users only need to know their email address, not their UPN.
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During preview, you can currently only enable the alternate email user sign-in feature using PowerShell. You need *tenant administrator* permissions to complete the following steps:
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1. Open an PowerShell session and install the *AzureADPreview* module using the [Install-Module][Install-Module] cmdlet:
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1. Open an PowerShell session as an administrator, then install the *AzureADPreview* module using the [Install-Module][Install-Module] cmdlet:
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```powershell
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Install-Module AzureADPreview

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