Solved: Authentication error when trying to connect cloud flow to desktop flow

Authentication error when trying to connect cloud flow to desktop flow

Power Automate Cloud is seeing my machine using the "Directly to machine" option of the desktop flows module, but I am trying to log in with my 365 username and password and getting this error:

Test connection failed. Details: Connection failed: [Machine (removed)] Connection error on the machine. Machine join type: NotJoined; Username type: (removed); Status: -1073741715; Details: The attempted logon is invalid.. Correlation id: 299c8a97-2376-47e5-bd97-eadaa3ebbbf7

When I try to use the "Connections" tab to create a new desktop connection, there is no "Create" button; it must be initiated from a flow, and I get the above error. I get the same error when I go into Connections to try to login there.

If I go into "Connections", delete the attempted connection and recreate the flow, it SOMETIMES presents me with the correct list of flows in my environment, and when I choose it, it shows me the correct variables I need to pass. But then it tells me that the connection is not authorized and go to into Connections and fix it, though there is no "Fix connection"; it just says "Connected" even though it clearly isn't.

This is on my personal laptop that is not fully part of the company domain, though I do have my 365 account linked. I have also tried to login using my local domain/username, but no dice with that either. I have no trouble connecting with any of our other 365 services remotely.

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