Unable to use smartcard in Microsoft Edge chromium on server 2016

Unable to use smartcard in Microsoft Edge chromium on server 2016

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Article ID: CTX296999

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Description

  • It is not possible to use smartcard in Microsoft Edge browser in Citrix session on windows 2016 terminal server.
  • In all other popular browsers is smartcard working correctly (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer).
  • When connect to same server using RDP, than smartcard is working in Edge.
  • In Desktop OS Windows 10 Citrix session is smartcard working in all internet browsers, including Edge.
  • Behavior of issue in edge is following: User is opening web page requesting PKI certificate. User is asked to select appropriate certificate to access related web page but Edge does not then interact with smartcard mapped from client. 

Environment

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Resolution

Creating registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\citrix\CtxHook\AppInit_DLLs\SfrHook\msedge.exe resolved the issue.

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Problem Cause

Configuration.

Additional Information

Note:
Please make sure the "msedge.exe" process is not part of the below registry key, as this would exclude all Citirx hooking to the process.

Path: HKLM:SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\CtxUvi
REG_KEY: UviProcessExcludes

Once the above configuration is verified, It is recommended to reboot the machine for the registry changes to take place.
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