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Passwordless Authentication with FIDO2 Security Key for Remote Desktop Connection

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Farooque
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Mar 28, 2025

This blog talks about how to go passwordless when authenticating with Remote Desktop.

Passwordless Authentication with FIDO2 Security Key for Remote Desktop Connection Hello Everyone, in this blog, we will explore how to use a FIDO2 security key to access a device using Remote Deskt...
Updated Mar 28, 2025
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GregorySuvalian
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Mar 29, 2025

Can this be utilized for Azure VDI based hosts?
This connection also requires NetBIOS name of device resolvable to actual computer name in mstsc properties which is a challenge for name resolution in complex environments.

Also what is requirements for end users client devices for this to work. Do they need to be registered, joined, hybrid-joined or none for this to work.