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Alber
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Jul 28, 2022
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Does Windows Autopatch use legacy authentication?

Hi,   During the enrollment with Windows Autopatch, my block-legacy-authentication conditional access policy is also modified automatically by the service to exclude the service accounts.   Does ...
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    AdamNichols
    Aug 05, 2022

    Alber Thanks for the question, yes in Public Preview the authentication method for Windows Autopatch was traditional User and Password with a randomized password. With General Availability we introduced our 1st Party Enterprise App with and no longer use the Service account. We are introducing an option for customer on service account auth to transition to our Enterprise App. Stay tuned we will get an announcement out when it will be available in the MEM Portal.

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Aug 05, 2022

Alber Thanks for the question, yes in Public Preview the authentication method for Windows Autopatch was traditional User and Password with a randomized password. With General Availability we introduced our 1st Party Enterprise App with and no longer use the Service account. We are introducing an option for customer on service account auth to transition to our Enterprise App. Stay tuned we will get an announcement out when it will be available in the MEM Portal.

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