Associating user accounts with enterprise workspaces

1. A system, comprising:

a computing device comprising an operating system that provides a personal workspace and an enterprise workspace;

a storage device storing a plurality of computer instructions executable by the computing device, wherein the plurality of computer instructions cause the computing device to at least:

enroll the computing device with a management service that controls operation of at least a portion of the computing device, the management service being executed remotely from the computing device and accessible by the computing device over a network;

obtain an email address of a user associated with the computing device;

cause the management service to create a first user account of the user with a distributor of the operating system based on the email address in response to determining that the email address is not already associated with an account with the distributor of the operating system, the first user account being created by transmitting an application programming interface (API) call using an API provided by the distributor of the operating system, the API call specifying that a user name of the first user account is the email address, and the first user account being required for access to a service and a component repository provided by distributor of the operating system;

request an authentication service associated with the management service to authenticate the user based on a second user account of the user within a directory service associated with the enterprise workspace, the authentication service authenticating the user according to at least one of: a previous authentication of the user based on an enterprise email address and a password for the management service or authentication information based on the enterprise email address and a password for the management service provided by the user; and

associate the first user account with the enterprise workspace of the computing device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the authentication service comprises a security assertion markup language (SAML) authentication service.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of computer instructions further cause the computing device to at least notify the distributor of the operating system that authentication of the user is to be performed by the authentication service.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of computer instructions further cause the computing device to at least:

generate an account configuration user interface for the enterprise workspace; and

populate an email address field in the account configuration user interface without obtaining an input for the email address field from the user.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of computer instructions further cause the computing device to at least obtain an authentication confirmation from the authentication service prior to associating the first user account with the enterprise workspace of the computing device.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of computer instructions further cause the computing device to at least cause an activation component in the personal workspace to be uninstalled.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of computer instructions further cause the computing device to at least receive a notification that the first user account is created.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of computer instructions executable by a computing device, wherein the plurality of computer instructions cause the computing device to at least:

enroll the computing device with a management service that controls operation of at least a portion of the computing device, the management service being executed remotely from the computing device and accessible by the computing device over a network;

obtain an email address of a user associated with the computing device;

cause the management service to create a first user account of the user with a distributor of an operating system for the computing device based on the email address in response to determining that the email address is not already associated with an account with the distributor of the operating system, the first user account being created by transmitting an application programming interface (API) call using an API provided by the distributor of the operating system, the API call specifying that a user name of the first user account is the email address, and the first user account being required for access to a service and a component repository provided by distributor of the operating system;

request an authentication service associated with the management service to authenticate the user based on a second user account of the user within a directory service associated with an enterprise workspace, the authentication service authenticating the user according to at least one of: a previous authentication of the user based on an enterprise email address and a password for the management service or authentication information based on the enterprise email address and a password for the management service provided by the user; and

associate the first user account with the enterprise workspace of the computing device.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the authentication service comprises a security assertion markup language (SAML) authentication service.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of computer instructions further cause the computing device to at least notify the distributor of the operating system that authentication of the user is to be performed by the authentication service.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of computer instructions further cause the computing device to at least:

generate an account configuration user interface for the enterprise workspace; and

populate an email address field in the account configuration user interface without obtaining an input for the email address field from the user.

12. The nom-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of computer instructions further cause the computing device to at least obtain an authentication confirmation from the authentication service prior to associating the first user account with the enterprise workspace of the computing device.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of computer instructions further cause the computing device to at least cause an activation component in a personal workspace to be uninstalled.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of computer instructions further cause the computing device to at least notify the management service whether the operating system comprises the enterprise workspace.

15. A method, comprising:

enrolling a computing device with a management service that controls operation of at least a portion of the computing device, the management service being executed remotely from the computing device and accessible by the computing device over a network;

obtaining an email address of a user associated with the computing device;

causing the management service to create a first user account of the user with a distributor of an operating system for the computing device based on the email address in response to determining that the email address is not already associated with an account with the distributor of the operating system, the first user account being created by transmitting an application programming interface (API) call using an API provided by the distributor of the operating system, the API call specifying that a user name of the first user account is the email address, and the first user account being required for access to a service and a component repository provided by distributor of the operating system;

requesting an authentication service associated with the management service to authenticate the user based on a second user account of the user within a directory service associated with an enterprise workspace, the authentication service authenticating the user according to at least one of: a previous authentication of the user based on an enterprise email address and a password for the management service or authentication information based on the enterprise email address and a password for the management service provided by the user; and

associating the first user account with the enterprise workspace of the computing device.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the authentication service comprises a security assertion markup language (SAML) authentication service.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising notifying the distributor of the operating system that authentication of the user is to be performed by the authentication service.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

generating an account configuration user interface for the enterprise workspace; and

populating an email address field in the account configuration user interface without obtaining an input for the email address field from the user.

19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising obtaining an authentication confirmation from the authentication service prior to associating the first user account with the enterprise workspace of the computing device.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising causing an activation component in a personal workspace to be uninstalled.