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My organization is running Windows 10 joined to Azure AD organization (completely cloud hosted, i.e. no on-prem Active Directory). I login to my PC with a username in the form of "username@organization.com" with no issues and have enabled Remote Desktop connections to this PC.

If I attempt to Remote Desktop from another PC on the LAN or from home, my credentials are always deemed invalid. If I attempt to login using a local account (via RDP) it works just fine.

Can anyone suggest why Azure AD credentials do not work over RDP or how to enable this feature?

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It is possible. Basically you have to ensure no authentication information is sent when connecting, forcing the login screen to appear.

To do this, you must create and edit an .rdp file.

  1. Open the Remote Desktop Connection window, enter the computer name or IP
  2. Save connection settings (Show options, Save as)
  3. Open the saved .rdp file in a text editor, and make sure these rows exist like this:
enablecredsspsupport:i:0
authentication level:i:2
  1. Load this into RDC (Open button)
  2. Connect, provide Azure AD credentials, enjoy!

Note: when setting up the computer accepting the connection make sure not to force Network Level Authentication (checkbox on the menu where you allow the remote connections).

Credits where it's due: morgansimonsenblog.azurewebsites.net

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    One key omission here - you MUST login with the credentials as follows: AzureAD\<full UPN in Azure AD>
    – Graham
    Nov 9, 2016 at 19:07
  • Awesome; been banging my head against the wall for hours. Thanks for this.
    – MSC
    Feb 20, 2017 at 3:15
  • @Graham I'm not sure, I log in simply with my email (myname@company.com), the same as I would log in to eg. office.com; but thanks, some might need it that way.
    – vacip
    Mar 4, 2017 at 23:26
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    It seems this is still the case for how this has to be done even with the Slow Windows Insider Ring as of June 7, 2017 when connecting from a Production Ring client (Creator's Update). When I first create the .RDP file, the authentication level:i:2 setting is there but the enablecredsspsupport setting needed to be added. With this setting, I can login with my Name@Email.com for the username and my password as you would expect. As a data point, my AAD is O365-based, in case that matters.
    – Jaxidian
    Jun 7, 2017 at 19:37
  • This still works in 2019 !
    – D3l_Gato
    Jul 14, 2019 at 13:37
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From this article, the following conditions must be met:

  • Both PCs (local and remote) must be running Windows 10, version 1607 or later. Remote connections to an Azure AD-joined PC running earlier versions of Windows 10 are not supported.
  • Your local PC (where you are connecting from) must be either Azure AD-joined or Hybrid Azure AD-joined if using Windows 10, version 1607 and above, or Azure AD registered if using Windows 10, version 2004 and above. Remote connections to an Azure AD-joined PC from an unjoined device or a non-Windows 10 device are not supported.
  • The local PC and remote PC must be in the same Azure AD tenant. Azure AD B2B guests are not supported for Remote desktop.

So, for me, I went to Start > Access Work or School > Connect. I then signed in with my Azure AD account (I did NOT join the computer to the domain, just connected it). After doing this, I was able to sign on with my domain email and password.

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This seems to be unsupported at the moment 8-(

"Remote desktop into an Azure AD Joined device is not supported at this time (by design)." https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/05e1edd8-e22b-4865-8cb8-87673347f450/azure-ad-join-vs-rdp?forum=win10itprogeneral

See also: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-10/157561-windows-10-azure-ad-joined-office-365-remote-desktop-connection-rdp.html

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