Fixed: Work Folders does not work on iOS 10 when using Digest authentication

First published on TECHNET on Oct 10, 2016
Hi all,

I’m Jeff Patterson, Program Manager for Work Folders.

I wanted to let you know that Digest authentication does not work on iOS 10. Please review the issue details below if you’re currently using the Work Folders iOS client in your environment.

Symptom
After upgrading to iOS 10, Work Folders fails with the following error after user credentials are provided:

Check your user name and password

Cause
There’s a bug in iOS 10 which causes Digest authentication to fail.

Status
This issue is fixed in iOS 10.2 (released December 12th).

Thanks,

Jeff