Organizational Account needed for Trusted Signing?

Ethan A 0 Reputation points
2025-11-27T21:44:56.0466667+00:00

When I try using the signtool.exe with the necessary endpoints/credentials/etc. I get the error below stating that I need an organizational account to access the service. I thought the service was able to individual developers in US/CA?

AADSTS500200: User account '[username]@[domain].ca' is a personal Microsoft account. Personal Microsoft accounts are not supported for this application unless explicitly invited to an organization. Try signing out and signing back in with an organizational account.

I've went through the steps of validating my identity, creating an app registration, and adding the required roles to both myself and the "app registry" account. Followed the guides below:

https://melatonin.dev/blog/code-signing-on-windows-with-azure-trusted-signing/

https://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2025/Jul/20/Fighting-through-Setting-up-Microsoft-Trusted-Signing

Do I need to create an organization just to use the trusted signing service?

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Artifact Signing

A fully managed end-to-end service for digitally signing code, documents, and applications. (formerly Trusted Signing)

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