Is it possible to use a smart card within a virtual machine set up on Azure?

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Is it possible to use a smart card within a virtual machine set up on Azure?

PUCK, LINA 1

In our setup, we have an Azure VM which is a Windows 2016 Server. Within this VM, we would like to use a smart card for signing data with specific software but the smart card passthrough fails at some point and is not recognized at all. To be clear, the smart card is not used for any authentication process. It is needed for a software on the VM. Is this scenario even possible?

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Bjoern Peters 8,921

Hi @PUCK, LINA

do you need to do this if you are working on a RDP session on that server or do you need this also for unattended automation procedures?

If it is just need during RDP session you can configure the RDP session to forward your local USB port via RDP to the Azure VM.

If this does not work for you, please read this old post which might point you into some direction
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/614441/azure-vm-cannot-recognize-my-local-usb-device.html

PUCK, LINA 1 Reputation point

2022-11-21T13:01:54.767+00:00

Hi @Bjoern Peters ,

the smart card is only required within an active RDP session, so no unattended automated processes are involved.

Thank you, I have already tried this and it did not help. It seems that the problem does not depend on the RDP connection. Since we imported the registry of another system where the smart card worked, I suppose it might be an issue of routing.
Sam John 0 Reputation points

2023-12-08T14:43:07.5266667+00:00

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