Specify who can log in to a VM as a regular user or with administrator privileges.Password complexity and password lifetime policies that you configure for Azure AD also help secure Windows VMs. Reduce reliance on local administrator accounts.

Use Azure AD authentication including passwordless to log in to Windows VMs in Azure. There are many security benefits of using Azure AD-based authentication to log in to Windows VMs in Azure. This article shows you how to create and configure a Windows VM and log in by using Azure AD-based authentication. You can then centrally control and enforce Azure role-based access control (RBAC) and Conditional Access policies that allow or deny access to the VMs. You can now use Azure AD as a core authentication platform to RDP into Windows Server 2019 Datacenter edition and later, or Windand later. Organizations can improve the security of Windows virtual machines (VMs) in Azure by integrating with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication. Log in to a Windows virtual machine in Azure by using Azure AD including passwordless

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