I am required to source for a solution for an authentication module within a Hololens 2 application. The following are some of the limitations I am given: The application is to be used within an offline environment (No internet access) As there is an existing Windows Active Directory in the environment, the authentication should be done using the same AD server As I am not familiar with this area of implementation, any assistance is appreciated. Thank you.

Hello, Welcome to Microsoft Q&A, Currently, HoloLens devices does not support on-premises AD join, referring Deployment Guide – Corporate connected HoloLens 2 with Dynamics 365 Guides - Prepare | Microsoft Learn . ---- If the response is helpful, please click " Accept Answer " and upvote it. Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.

How to implement authentication via Windows Active Directory in Hololens 2 application?

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I am required to source for a solution for an authentication module within a Hololens 2 application.
The following are some of the limitations I am given:

The application is to be used within an offline environment (No internet access)
As there is an existing Windows Active Directory in the environment, the authentication should be done using the same AD server

As I am not familiar with this area of implementation, any assistance is appreciated.
Thank you.

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Zuocheng Wang - MSFT 3,091 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-09-05T09:26:18.52+00:00

Hello, Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

Currently, HoloLens devices does not support on-premises AD join, referring Deployment Guide – Corporate connected HoloLens 2 with Dynamics 365 Guides - Prepare | Microsoft Learn.

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Elise 1 Reputation point

2022-09-05T10:05:23.287+00:00

Hi, thanks for your reply.
May I know if there are any workaround solution for me to achieve this?

Also, is this feature part of Hololens 2 development roadmap?

Zuocheng Wang - MSFT 3,091 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-09-07T02:40:25.187+00:00

As HoloLens 2 is a cloud first device, it relies heavily on internet and cloud connected services for user authentication, OS updates, MDM management, and so on. For more information about HoloLens updates, please refer to HoloLens 2 release notes | Microsoft Learn.
If your device is not in a completely offline network environment, then we recommend using Azure AD, please refer to Common Scenarios – Near Offline or Restricted for HoloLens 2 | Microsoft Learn.

Elise 1 Reputation point

2022-09-07T09:00:18.21+00:00

Unfortunately, our devices are to be utilized in a completely offline network environment. A local WiFi network would most likely be utilized for the devices to interconnect but no internet access would be available.

Does Microsoft provide sales/support for the setting up of an on-premise Azure cloud solution?

Zuocheng Wang - MSFT 3,091 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-09-08T08:18:59.45+00:00

As far as I know, there is no support for this. If you can't use Azure AD, then according to Manage user identity and login for HoloLens | Microsoft Learn, only MSA and Local account are left. And this documentation might be useful to you - Share your HoloLens with multiple people | Microsoft Learn.
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