Sign onto two accounts/logins simultaneously?

Is it possible to sign onto two accounts simultaneously? My need is to be signed onto one computer and be able to simultaneously access my personal account/login, and my business account/login.

That is fantastic! Thank you. I see that in order to switch from one account to the other a password needs to be entered; obviously because each account requires a password to logon.
Does a step exists that would allow me to switch between the accounts without entering the password each time?
Thank you,
Hugh

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