I saw the same article for Windows 11, however I experience this problem on Windows 10. What did I do install Azure Remote Desktop on my Windows 10 machine (latest update) logged into my company workspace using my company MS account tried to login to my remote VM I get an error message - An authentication error has occurred (Code: 0x800706be) cherry on top, this is my personal notebook. On my office computer I can access the VM just fine. Same installation of Windows and Azure Remote Desktop what can be wrong?

This issue occurs when running Remote Desktop elevated as a different user, and that different user account has never logged in to the workstation (no complete local profile). I've submitted a bug report to Microsoft, please help me get some traction on it with an upvote! https://aka.ms/AAkm0o2

Hi, thanks for answers, however neither did sort out the problems for me. What I tried so far: registry cleanup with CCleaner sfc /scannow using various windows troubleshooters that might have at least some relevance to remote desktop connection removing computer from domain defining explicit outbound rule for remote desktop in Windows Firewall updating windows from 21H1 to 21H2 I am afraid that only formatting the disc and installing windows again have some potential of sorting the situation out. However it is ridiculous solution

Error "An authentication error has occurred (Code: 0x800706be)" when trying to use Remote Desktop to connect in Windows 10

Hruby, Jan 6

I saw the same article for Windows 11, however I experience this problem on Windows 10. What did I do

install Azure Remote Desktop on my Windows 10 machine (latest update)
logged into my company workspace using my company MS account
tried to login to my remote VM
I get an error message - An authentication error has occurred (Code: 0x800706be)
cherry on top, this is my personal notebook. On my office computer I can access the VM just fine. Same installation of Windows and Azure Remote Desktop

what can be wrong?

Sean Huggans 11 Reputation points

2023-05-01T02:32:45.7066667+00:00

This issue occurs when running Remote Desktop elevated as a different user, and that different user account has never logged in to the workstation (no complete local profile). I've submitted a bug report to Microsoft, please help me get some traction on it with an upvote! https://aka.ms/AAkm0o2
Hruby, Jan 6 Reputation points

2023-05-09T07:10:55.5833333+00:00

thanks for answer, but I do not run Remote Desktop elevated, the process runs under my user. I am logging in with company account and login works from other machines, not just from this particular one
Rodrigo de Medeiros Silva 5 Reputation points

2024-02-28T14:38:48.5533333+00:00

Log into your administrator account on Windows, then log out and test again.
Work to me
SyedMohammadHasan 0 Reputation points

2024-08-13T00:29:56.49+00:00

I had been facing this issue for a long while. Thanks to the folks in the reply comments for the very helpful inputs. After I did "Run as a different user" on mstsc.exe, it worked like a charm. Not sure how I can default it to run as the current user. But for now a shortcut with this path is doing the job.

runas /user:abc "mstsc /v:10.0.0.1"

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Sean Huggans 11 Reputation points

2023-05-01T02:33:33.4566667+00:00

This issue occurs when running Remote Desktop elevated as a different user, and that different user account has never logged in to the workstation (no complete local profile). I've submitted a bug report to Microsoft, please help me get some traction on it with an upvote! https://aka.ms/AAkm0o2
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Hruby, Jan 6 Reputation points

2022-05-18T11:01:14.42+00:00
Hi,

thanks for answers, however neither did sort out the problems for me. What I tried so far:
- registry cleanup with CCleaner
- sfc /scannow
- using various windows troubleshooters that might have at least some relevance to remote desktop connection
- removing computer from domain
- defining explicit outbound rule for remote desktop in Windows Firewall
- updating windows from 21H1 to 21H2
I am afraid that only formatting the disc and installing windows again have some potential of sorting the situation out. However it is ridiculous solution
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