Remote-Desktop via Microsoft-Account with no password

MirandaVeracruz 106

Hey guys,

I'm just trying to use the "passwordless account"-feature of my Microsoft account, but when I tried to use RDP it seems not to work yet. I'm logged in with my Microsoft-account on both devices (Windows 11 Pro) but RDP is asking for a password instead of triggering to acknowledge the logon via my mobile device.

Any ideas?

Regards
thno

Michael Tierney 1 Reputation point

2022-01-18T23:35:43.13+00:00

Miranda,

I feel your pain and am had the same experience once converting both my MS accounts to passwordless with the use of an authenticator phone app. After sifting through all the "how do I login to my machine without having to enter a password" posts to get to this actual issue, before arriving at this post thread. I'm upset but not really surprised there's no true way to login or access a system via RDP with a passwordless account scenario. My only recourse and suggestion - and forgive me if this is too obvious - was/is to create a local administrator account on the system you need remote access to and logon that way. It worked for me and isn't ideal since the local admin account is using a different user profile, but I can access the box remotely.
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बाषी मनडल 0 Reputation points

2023-05-21T01:40:46.95+00:00

Mr.Mithun

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DLF 0 Reputation points

2024-08-10T14:49:44.6766667+00:00

It seems that what it's after is the password you most recently used to log on to that specific PC--if you were in the habit of changing your password regularly before you ditched it, it's possible you may need to try an old one. I had to consult my archives and go all the way back to my great-grandpassword before I found one it would accept.
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