![]() ![]() When a user selects the option to join a work or school network, the device is automatically joined to the Office 365 tenant’s directory partition, a certificate is issued for the device, and it becomes eligible for Office 365 MDM if the tenant has subscribed to that feature.” Likewise, organizations that use the free version of Azure AD with automatic domain join enabled will also be provisioned for Hello for Business, and any organization that is using Azure AD Premium can even enforce Hello for Business. According to this docs article, for organizations that use Azure AD as part of O365: “When Windows 10 was released to general availability, Microsoft changed the behavior of the Office 365 Azure AD stack. If your organization is only using Azure AD (instead of Hybrid Azure AD), you’re most likely already set up to use Hello for Business. There are a lot of key points on Windows Hello for Business that you can find here, but suffice it to say that enabling Hello for Business within your organization is a great first step towards increasing your security posture.įirst off – the good news. The multi-factor part comes from a combination of a key or certificate tied to a device and something that you know (a PIN) or are (biometrics). Windows Hello for Business is effectively multi-factor authentication into your PC, every time you log in. Windows Hello for Business always uses key-based or certificate-based authentication. That’s where Windows Hello for Business steps in. Like the name suggests, it’s for convenience. What you may not know is that for your personal device, configuring the “Windows Hello convenience PIN” is not backed by asymmetric (public/private key) or certificate-based authentication. Most of the time you can configure biometric authentication (fingerprint sensor or IR scan) to unlock your device, and as a back up you’ll also need to create a PIN (check out this article from Microsoft Why a PIN is better than a password). If you’ve ever set up a Windows 10 PC, you’ll know that at one point during the out-of-box-experience you will be prompted for Windows Hello set up. ![]()
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