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WindowsHelloForHTTPAuthEnabled

Windows Hello For HTTP Auth Enabled

Supported versions

  • Windows: ≥ 90
  • macOS: Not supported
  • Android: Not supported
  • iOS: Not supported

Description

Indicates if Windows Credential UI should be used to respond to NTLM and Negotiate authentication challenges.

If you disable this policy, a basic username and password prompt is used to respond to NTLM and Negotiate challenges. If you enable or don't configure this policy, Windows Credential UI is used.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: Yes
  • Dynamic Policy Refresh: No - Requires browser restart
  • Per Profile: No
  • Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: Yes

Data type

  • Boolean

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: WindowsHelloForHTTPAuthEnabled
  • GP name: Windows Hello For HTTP Auth Enabled
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/HTTP authentication
  • GP path (Recommended): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge - Default Settings (users can override)/HTTP authentication
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Enabled

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
  • Path (Recommended): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
  • Value name: WindowsHelloForHTTPAuthEnabled
  • Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000001

See also