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WAMAuthBelowWin10RS3Enabled

WAM for authentication below Windows 10 RS3 enabled

Supported versions

  • On Windows since 93 or later

Description

Configure this policy to decide whether WAM is used for authentication in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 RS1 and RS2.

If you enable this setting, WAM will be used in the authentication flow on Windows 10 RS1 and RS2.

If you disable or don't configure this setting, OneAuth libraries will be used instead of WAM on Windows 10 RS1 and RS2.

Note that if this policy is enabled, then previous sign-in sessions (which used OneAuth by default) cannot be used. Please sign out of those profiles.

This policy will only take effect on Windows 10 RS1 and RS2. On Windows 10 RS3 and above, WAM is used for authentication in Microsoft Edge by default.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: No
  • 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: WAMAuthBelowWin10RS3Enabled
  • GP name: WAM for authentication below Windows 10 RS3 enabled
  • 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: WAMAuthBelowWin10RS3Enabled
  • Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000001

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