Windows 10: Remote Desktop with Microsoft account passwordless

I can't make the Remote Desktop works with my Microsoft account. It seems it does not work with Accounts that have passwordless option ON. Could you please confirm this information?

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Remote Desktop with Microsoft Passwordless Account

Hello, I'm Greg, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, here to help you.

There are some fixes here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/quest...

https://superuser.com/questions/1693017/using-r...

https://superuser.com/questions/1715525/how-to-...

https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsHelp/comments/p...

Report back results for each step so I know what else to suggest.

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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Passwordless Sign-in for MS account

On my desktop running Win10, 22H2, OS build 19045.2364 I'm the admin of the local account with no user accts.

While I was reading one of Shawn's excellent tutorial's:
Enable or Disable Passwordless Sign-in for Microsoft Accounts in Windows 10,
I was hoping to find where to disable Passwordless Sign-in for MS accounts.

I have it enabled because the sign-in screen into my Microsoft account lists "other sign-in options" (or something to those words). I also verified in the registry and netplwiz that its enabled.

When selecting other sign-in options, a security key that I set up, first of all, disappeared all by itself recently. The security key is only one of two sign-in options for Passwordless sign-in that I ever set up. The other option was a Windows Hello PIN which I had up until this year but its no longer an option after I removed it myself.

So where the problem comes in is after the authentication option using a security key is re-added, it ends up disappearing after about 24 hours later. When that happens, it leaves zero Passwordless Sign-in options to use (Windows Hello PIN was removed by myself in June). But Passwordless Sign-In will still remain enabled even though I can't sign-in Passwordless with any options. I'm left with signing in by using 2-step verification processes that I've had.

Perhaps this is grasping at straws. I was thinking if there's a switch to disable Passwordless Sign-in to Microsoft Accounts that's turned off first, maybe then the security key can successfully be re-added permanently.

 

Remote Desktop with Microsoft Passwordless Account

Hello,

I got a question about MS Passwordless account. I've had it for couple of months and now that I need to use RD, it makes it impossible.

I've had problems with MS Accounts and RD, but it was fine refreshing the local password with:

runas /u:MicrosoftAccount\*** Email address is removed for privacy *** cmd.exe

The problem now is, well, my Microsoft account doesn't have a password. I've tried with my old ones - nothing, and with the temp one from MS Auth, but no results. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Kaloyan