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b/388039767 Clarify semantics of Automatic Logon setting #1600

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27 changes: 20 additions & 7 deletions doc/site/sources/docs/toolwindow-connection-settings.md
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Expand Up @@ -214,14 +214,27 @@ These settings control which RDP security mechanism to apply.
<tr>
<td>Automatic logon</td>
<td>
Controls whether IAP Desktop attempts to log you on automatically by using <a href="#windows-credentials">saved credentials</a>
or by offering to generate new Windows credentials.
<br><br>
Set this to <b>Disabled</b> for VMs that use the <a href="https://admx.help/?Category=Windows_10_2016&Policy=Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer::TS_PASSWORD">Always prompt for password upon connection</a>
group policy setting to <a href="/iap-desktop/troubleshooting-rdp/#your-credentials-did-not-work-when-using-saved-credentials">
prevent duplicate password prompts</a>.
Controls how IAP Desktop behaves if you haven't configured any <a href="#windows-credentials">Windows credentials</a>.

<ul>
<li>
When set to <b>Enabled</b>, IAP Desktop proactively shows a credential prompt that offers a <i>Remember me</i> option
so that it can log you in automatically the next time.
</li>
<li>
When set to <b>Disabled</b>, IAP Desktop won't offer a <i>Remember me</i> option, and won't try
to log you in automatically unless you manually configure <a href="#windows-credentials">Windows credentials</a>.
<br><br>
Set this to <b>Disabled</b> for VMs that use the <a href="https://admx.help/?Category=Windows_10_2016&Policy=Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer::TS_PASSWORD">Always prompt for password upon connection</a>
group policy setting to <a href="/iap-desktop/troubleshooting-rdp/#your-credentials-did-not-work-when-using-saved-credentials">
prevent duplicate password prompts</a>.
</li>
</ul>
The setting is automatically set to <b>Disabled</b> if your local computer is subject to the
<a href="https://admx.help/?Category=Windows_10_2016&Policy=Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer::TS_CLIENT_DISABLE_PASSWORD_SAVING_2">
Do not allow passwords to be saved</a> group policy.
</td>
<td>Enabled</td>
<td>See description</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Network level authentication</td>
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion doc/site/sources/mkdocs.yml
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Expand Up @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ download_url: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/iap-desktop/releases/latest
copyright: |
IAP Desktop is an open-source project developed and maintained by the Google Cloud Solutions Architects team.<br>
The project is not an officially supported Google product.<br>
Copyright &copy; 2019-2024 Google LLC<br>
Copyright &copy; 2019-2025 Google LLC<br>
<a href='https://cloud.google.com/'><img src='https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/iap-desktop/images/cloud.svg' width='240' height='160'/></a>

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