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Use certificate-based authentication in desktop flow connections

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Enabled for Public preview Early access General availability
Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 2024 - Feb 2025

Business value

This feature enhances security by allowing the use of certificates stored in Azure Key Vault for connecting to Windows sessions on desktop flow machines. Certificate-based authentication credentials can meet Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) requirements.

Feature details

  1. Create a credential:

    • Credentials in Power Automate now support certificate-based authentication (CBA).
    • The experience mirrors that of using passwords stored in Azure Key Vault.
    • No certificate value is stored within the credential itself.

  2. Use credentials with CBA:

    • CBA is supported for Windows session credentials (desktop flow connection).