WindowsHelloForHTTPAuthEnabled

Windows Hello For HTTP Auth Enabled

Supported versions

• Windows: ≥ 90
• macOS: Not supported
• Android: Not supported
• iOS: Not supported

Description

Indicates if Windows Credential UI should be used to respond to NTLM and Negotiate authentication challenges.

If you disable this policy, a basic username and password prompt is used to respond to NTLM and Negotiate challenges. If you enable or don't configure this policy, Windows Credential UI is used.

Supported features

• Can be mandatory: Yes
• Can be recommended: Yes
• Dynamic Policy Refresh: No - Requires browser restart
• Per Profile: No
• Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: Yes

Data type

• Boolean

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

• GP unique name: WindowsHelloForHTTPAuthEnabled
• GP name: Windows Hello For HTTP Auth Enabled
• GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/HTTP authentication
• GP path (Recommended): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge - Default Settings (users can override)/HTTP authentication
• GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Enabled

Registry settings

• Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
• Path (Recommended): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
• Value name: WindowsHelloForHTTPAuthEnabled
• Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000001

See also

• Microsoft Edge - Policies