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Tomas_Chylik
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Mar 08, 2024
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Unable to connect via RDP with Microsoft Account

Hello, I have a computer with a clean install of Windows 10 22H2 build 19045.4123. There is one local user account and one user with a Microsoft account on the computer. Both of these users have ad...
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    Tomas_Chylik
    Mar 13, 2024

    Tomas_Chylik 

    If anyone has run into the same problem, I have found that a user with a Microsoft account has never logged into the computer with a password. The first time he logged in with Microsoft Authenticator and then used his PIN each time.
    So the solution was to log this user on the remote computer using the password first.
    The RDP connection to the Microsoft Accoun account is then fully functional.

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emics
Copper Contributor
Nov 30, 2025

Nice find ​ Tomas_Chylik​ 

It took me a whole hour to stumble upon your post. Amazing how Microsoft keeps delivering top-tier development with their MS account system… truly impressive stuff.
Same account on both computers, and yet connecting remotely felt like solving a NASA launch sequence. Brilliant, really.

Thanks a lot — you actually saved my sanity. lol

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