All Microsoft accounts now support passkey sign-in.
In the future, you won’t need to memorize passwords.
You’ll simply usepasskeysto log into every account.
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This key corresponds to a “public key” that’s kept by the app or website.
When the keys are joined together, your identify is verified, and you’re allowed to sign in.
Passkeys are incredibly convenient.
And, more importantly, the passwordless future will increase our security.
This isn’t some niche Microsoft-only thing, either.
Passkeys weredesigned by FIDOin collaboration dozens of big-name tech companies, such as Apple.
In time, passkeys will become the standard login method across all large apps and websites.
Support for signing into mobile versions of Microsoft applications using your passkey will follow in the coming weeks."
Microsoft added apasskey management suiteto Windows 11 earlier this year.
Other major players, includingAppleandGoogle, have done the same for their respective operating systems.
To generate a passkey for your Microsoft account, get in and openAdvanced Security Options.
Then, select “Add a new way to sign in or verify.”
The passkey you create for your Microsoft account will be saved to your machine’s passkey manager.
We’re still in the transitional period; passkeys will coexist with passwords for some time.
Of course, this means that the security benefits that are promised by passkeys haven’t been fully realized.
