Allow enumeration of emulated smart card for all users
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Computer
Category
Windows Components > Windows Hello for Business
Supported on
At least Windows 10

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT

Windows prevents users on the same computer from enumerating provisioned Windows Hello for Business credentials for other users. If you enable this policy setting, Windows allows all users of the computer to enumerate all Windows Hello for Business credentials, but still require each user to provide their own factors for authentication. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Windows does not allow the enumeration of provisioned Windows Hello for Business credentials for other users on the same device. This policy setting is designed for a single user who has enrolled privileged and non-privileged on a single device. The user owns both credentials, which enables them to sign-in using non-privileged credentials, but can performed elevated tasks without signing-out. This policy setting is incompatible with Windows Hello for Business credentials provisioned when the "Turn off smart card emulation" is enabled. Windows requires a reboot after you apply this setting to a computer.

Internal name
MSPassport_AllowAllUserAccessToSmartCardNode
Policy ID
51ffa14623f1
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PassportForWork
Value name
AllowAllUserAccessToSmartCardNode
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PassportForWork
Value name
AllowAllUserAccessToSmartCardNode
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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