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Copper Contributor

Nov 04, 2019

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How to get Whiteboard logged in Surface Hub?

Hello, how do I get the Whiteboard app keep logged in Surface hub, when we end the session on the hub or restarting the hub? It always asks the login in the whiteboard app, although the device is l...

Jon Calutan
Nov 21, 2019
davidchoi

The Surface Hub was designed to be a communal device so anyone can use it.

Once you end the session or restart the hub, all the personal information will be wiped out including the sign-in details on the WB.

If the WB stays logged in with a specific account, anybody can see the previous WB session and that is a red flag.

Daniel Hudson

Steel Contributor

Jul 10, 2020

Correct, it's not possible (yet) as it's not what it was designed to do. Microsoft said in a blog post last year that they were likely to bring a Surface Hub to market which runs Windows 10 Enterprise (or Windows 10 Professional) so you can run full win32 apps. In this case, it would act more like a traditional PC.

SkippyV

Copper Contributor

Jul 10, 2020

Thanks Daniel Hudson ... +2 for this option. We've purchased a couple 2S units for remote collaboration and a more unlocked functionality would make this an amazing tool over simple communal purposes. Bests - Scott

HerBob
Copper Contributor
Jul 25, 2020
SkippyV Hello, just to add some more information. I know that Microsoft is working on these new OS for the Surface Hub in order to improve the SSO login for the applications, as they have seen that sometimes the device has been utilize as a personal device not as a common collaboration device.

Hope this will get release soon and I guess will address your needs.

Hernan Bobbio.