Microsoft claims that its new passwordless methods reduce password use by over 20% and result in users signing in faster. The ...

Microsoft is taking another big step toward eliminating passwords with a passwordless by default setting for new accounts.

A key part of the “passwordless by default” initiative Microsoft announced on Thursday is encouraging the use of passkeys—the ...

Nefarious hackers have figured out many ways to circumvent 2FA restrictions and harvest passwords with sophisticated phishing ...

The next time you create a Microsoft account, you’ll find that there’s simply no option to set up a password. That’s ...

New Microsoft accounts are now "passwordless by default". New users are now prompted to create a passkey instead of a ...

This effectively makes passwordless the default for all new accounts, as users will never need to create a password in the ...

The new no-password initiative by Microsoft is accompanied by its recently launched, optimized sign-in window design with ...

However, new ones will try and leave them behind by not prompting you to create a ... can visit their account settings to delete their password. With today’s changes, Microsoft is renaming ...

Anyone setting up a new Microsoft account will soon find they’re encouraged to use a passkey during the sign-up process. Microsoft introduced passkey support across most of its consumer apps ...

Microsoft has released ... signed in with your Microsoft account and connected to the internet. Now available on AMD and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs. [Phone Link] New! You can do even more with ...

In an internal email, Microsoft’s new Chief People Officer, Amy Coleman, said this is part of a more transparent way to handle performance issues. She called it a system that gives employees a ...