Policy

Allow Microsoft accounts to be optional

Microsoft Windows

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Allow Microsoft accounts to be optional
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > App runtime
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows81, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting lets you control whether Microsoft accounts are optional for packaged Microsoft Store apps that require an account to sign in. This policy only affects packaged Microsoft Store apps that support it. If you enable this policy setting, packaged Microsoft Store apps that typically require a Microsoft account to sign in will allow users to sign in with an enterprise account instead. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will need to sign in with a Microsoft account.

Internal name
AppxRuntimeMicrosoftAccountsOptional
Policy ID
8f1d640de2cb
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Value name
MSAOptional
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Value name
MSAOptional
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

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