ProactiveAuthWorkflowEnabled

Enable proactive authentication

Supported versions

• On Windows and macOS since 126 or later

Description

This policy controls the proactive authentication in Microsoft Edge, that connects the signed-in user identity with Microsoft Bing, MSN and Copilot services for a smooth and consistent sign-in experience.

If you enable or don't configure this policy, Microsoft Edge authentication requests are automatically sent to the services using the account that is signed-in to the browser.

If you disable this policy, Microsoft Edge does not send authentications requests to these services and users will need to manually sign-in.

Supported features

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

Data type

• Boolean

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

• GP unique name: ProactiveAuthWorkflowEnabled
• GP name: Enable proactive authentication
• GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Identity and sign-in
• GP path (Recommended): N/A
• GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Enabled

Registry settings

• Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
• Path (Recommended): N/A
• Value name: ProactiveAuthWorkflowEnabled
• Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000001

Mac information and settings

• Preference Key name: ProactiveAuthWorkflowEnabled
• Example value:

<true/>

See also

• Microsoft Edge - Policies