Windows 10 Remote Desktop Credentials

Question

Using my Microsoft account, I simply cannot log in to Windows 10 via remote desktop. I have tried a plethora of variations, including:

MicrosoftAccount\username
MicrosoftAccount\[e-mail]
ComputerName\username
ComputerName\[e-mail]
user@computername
user@MicrosoftAccount
[e-mail]
Etc. etc. etc.

I am confident that I have logged in one time before but I can't seem to find where I saved the username/domain combination I used. I am also confident it is not a setting or the firewall. I have even created a local user account and was able to login successfully with that account.

There must be somewhere that I can lookup the correct username to use.

Update:
Judging by so many others having no problems, I suspect this has something to do with either my Windows settings or my account. I am 100% certain that my account has the required permissions to login via remote desktop.

Answer 1

I finally figured this out. My Microsoft account and local account passwords were not in sync. I changed the Microsoft account password from within Windows, and BAM, it works again.

Answer 2

Working [e-mail] for me without any issues

To check whether your user has access to RDP 1. Control Panel > System > Remote Settings > Remote Desktop 2. Click Select Users and make sure your [e-mail] is added there, if not then click add and add it manually

Answer 3

In my case switch into local account I were able to connect successfully and after that reswitching back to Microsoft account the issue was solved.

Answer 4

I use our business Office365 account to log into my computer locally in the Windows 10 environment. I also set up AzureAD when I initially set up Windows 10 which I believe is becoming more standardized after the Win10 anniversary update. Because of this I had to use this credential format to get remote desktop to work:

Username: AzureAD/LocalComputerUserName

Password: (password for your Office365 account)

To figure out what your LocalComputerUserName is just head to Control Panel -> User Accounts -> User Accounts -> Manage Accounts.

Answer 5

I had been having an issue with this for several hours before getting it to work. I was able to use RDP fine before advancing to the fast track of windows 10 insider updates. After updating to the latest build, 16299.15, I was unable to connect with the windows logon credentials I using before, *****@gmail.com and my Microsoft account password.

Initially, I changed my password on the machine I was attempting to RDP into. This did not fix the issue. Next, I used the local username associate with the Microsoft account on the remote machine with the new password I created on the remote machine and it worked.

So ultimately, the login information that worked was User Name: {local username of Microsoft account on remote computer} and Password: {most recent Microsoft account password.}

Answer 6

you can get the domain and user name from the settings->accounts->"sign in with a local account instead". When you click the "next" button, the page will show you your Microsoft account and domain. For example MicrosoftAccount\[e-mail]