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Avoiding Personal-Business Use Mixups
I currently have a 1Password family account, with multiple vaults, including one for the nonprofit I lead. Now I'd like my Board of Directors to use 1Password as well. However, I'm concerned about mixups and wonder if I'm better off with a different arrangement (e.g. a different password manager for business use).
My question is, how does one actually shift between personal 1Password use to business use and back again on the same device(s)? Is it like opening different vaults? Or will I need to log in and out of each separate account? Or what? Thanks!
Quick answer, You just 'add' an account to your device and you have two (or more) sets of Vaults. With the 'teams' or 'business' one you can even set more restrictions on 'not being able to share/copy/delete'
The key sell 1Password has is the same as Microsoft did back in the day - if kids use it for free in school, they convince employers to pay for it at work- only you do it in reverse :) So most people at the place I work/worked got to know 1P via work -> and leveraged the free personal family account that came with it => they start using it at home too which is two-fold; they use it at home so they know how to use it at work + they brag about it, so your neighbour talks to his boss to get it as well (not that he needs his boss to be more secure, but he also wants a free family account).
On the technical side (and not too much details, though, do feel free to ask):
- One app, multiple 'that 1 password you never forget' (one for each account), multiple vaults
- One WatchTower (though on the business side the admins get an even nicer one)
- Free family accounts - if you pay for yours now, it 'suspends renewal'
- If your business/non-profit has Single Sign On somewhere (and some means for interfacing) you would still remain with 'that 1 password' for family/home and just 'sign in with sso' for the other.Lenghty enough I gather, does that answer your question mostly?
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Update: I've now subscribed our small nonprofit with a business account, and added that account to all three of my digital devices (laptop, tablet, and phone).
Once set up on my laptop, it was easy to extend the new account to my tablet and phone. And it is very seamless in transitioning from personal to business accounts. I'm so glad to have the separation between those facets of my life.
Another note for anyone else making this transition to adding either a personal or business account to an existing account. I had a separate vault for business passwords. It was very easy to select all, then move them from my personal to my business account. The whole process, from opening a business subscription to moving passwords from one account to another took less than 1 hour. I'm one happy camper!
- 1P_Timothy
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Thanks for this update jmontuori! It's great to hear about your experience setting up the new business account.
Thanks, Tom. That alleviates my concerns. Another “bonus” of sticking with 1Password is no learning curve for me, and I can train and troubleshoot with my colleagues.
- 1P_Timothy
Hi jmontuori! Just to tack on to to Tom's excellent advice (thanks Tom!) you can also limit which accounts/vaults/collections filling suggestions are coming from. So, if you have devices or browsers that you primarily use for work or home you can double check what you're filling less, while still having access to all your saved items.
With 1Password in the browser you can set this for accounts and vaults from Settings > Accounts & vaults (this is per browser). With 1Password on a mobile device you can set this for accounts and collections from Settings > Autofill > Show filling suggestions from (this is per device). The same option is available in the desktop apps, but I'd typically recommend using the in browser option for more granularity.
Let us know if you have any questions!
Thanks, Timothy. That's also helpful to know.
No problem happy to help you - I'm sure one of the mods could contact have someone contact you if you'd like?
Quick answer, You just 'add' an account to your device and you have two (or more) sets of Vaults. With the 'teams' or 'business' one you can even set more restrictions on 'not being able to share/copy/delete'
The key sell 1Password has is the same as Microsoft did back in the day - if kids use it for free in school, they convince employers to pay for it at work- only you do it in reverse :) So most people at the place I work/worked got to know 1P via work -> and leveraged the free personal family account that came with it => they start using it at home too which is two-fold; they use it at home so they know how to use it at work + they brag about it, so your neighbour talks to his boss to get it as well (not that he needs his boss to be more secure, but he also wants a free family account).
On the technical side (and not too much details, though, do feel free to ask):
- One app, multiple 'that 1 password you never forget' (one for each account), multiple vaults
- One WatchTower (though on the business side the admins get an even nicer one)
- Free family accounts - if you pay for yours now, it 'suspends renewal'
- If your business/non-profit has Single Sign On somewhere (and some means for interfacing) you would still remain with 'that 1 password' for family/home and just 'sign in with sso' for the other.Lenghty enough I gather, does that answer your question mostly?
