Working with web sign-in on Windows 11

This week is a bit of a follow-up on a post of about two years ago and is mainly focussed on creating some awareness. That post was specifically about enabling web sign-in to Windows for usage with Temporary Access Pass. That web sign-in functionality provides a web-based sign-in experience on Microsoft Entra joined devices. At that time, that web-based sign-in experience was limited to Temporary Access Pass (TAP). Starting with Windows 11 version 22H2 with KB5030310 and later, that has changed. The supported scenarios and capabilities of web sign-in are now expanded. Besides TAP, it can now also be used for a passwordless sign-in experience with the Microsoft Authenticator app, a seamless Windows Hello for Business PIN reset experience, and even a federated identity with …

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Getting new users quickly up-and-running with Temporary Access Pass

This week is a little follow-up on a post of a couple of months ago and about connecting pieces of the puzzle. That post was around Temporary Access Pass (TAP). Even though that post was focused on Windows devices, it did provide some hints for using TAP on mobile devices (Android, iOS) also. An often seen and heard challenge is related to getting new user up-and-running. Especially when requiring Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for device enrollment, or when trying to work completely passwordless. Those scenarios introduce chicken-and-egg situations as a device must be registered for usage with MFA and the registration requires MFA, or when trying to work passwordless and an authentication method must be registered to be able to work passwordless. So, to get a …

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