WindowsHelloForHTTPAuthEnabled

Windows Hello For HTTP Auth Enabled

Supported versions

• On Windows since 90 or later

Description

Indicates if Windows Credential UI should be used to respond to NTLM and Negotiate authentication challenges.

If you disable this policy, a basic username and password prompt will be used to respond to NTLM and Negotiate challenges. If you enable or don't configure this policy, Windows Credential UI will be used.

Supported features

• Can be mandatory: Yes
• Can be recommended: Yes
• Dynamic Policy Refresh: No - Requires browser restart
• Per Profile: No
• Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: Yes

Data type

• Boolean

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

• GP unique name: WindowsHelloForHTTPAuthEnabled
• GP name: Windows Hello For HTTP Auth Enabled
• GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/HTTP authentication
• GP path (Recommended): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge - Default Settings (users can override)/HTTP authentication
• GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Enabled

Registry settings

• Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
• Path (Recommended): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
• Value name: WindowsHelloForHTTPAuthEnabled
• Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000001

See also

• Microsoft Edge - Policies