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Copper Contributor

May 19, 2017

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Prohibit PIN authentication and force password authentication?

I'm looking to use Intune for the first time for a client. From what I've discovered, it appears that using Intune asks the users to setup a PIN to sign into their Azure AD-joined computer. How can...

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mobile device management (mdm)

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May 22, 2017
This was true with the Windows 10 desktop 1511 version, the setting didn't have any effect, but with the 1607 version that changed. I've verified this not that long ago.

John Guy

Copper Contributor

May 22, 2017

I have tested removing the requirement for a PIN Code from a windows 10 device (desktop/tablet) but still prompted for a PIN even though Windows Hello was disabled.

This is what happened in our case so had to keep the PIN feature, this may well have changed after updates now.

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May 22, 2017

This was true with the Windows 10 desktop 1511 version, the setting didn't have any effect, but with the 1607 version that changed. I've verified this not that long ago.

Kevin Frye
Copper Contributor
May 22, 2017
Thank you! Between you and John Guy, you pieced together why I read reports of this option in Intune to disable PINs was doing nothing. But this makes sense- the newer versions of Win10 fixed that issue.

Thank you both!

As a follow-up, does anyone know if you can disable PIN authentication without Intune? I know we can do it via Local Security Policy, but I am curious of Azure AD itself, without Intune, can centerally manage this setting.

Thanks again!
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  May 24, 2017
  Sorry for my late reply on your last question. No, I havn't seen or heard of a setting for that only in Azure AD itself.