Goodbye master password, hello Windows Hello. Edge is ditching passwords in favor of biometrics.

Authenticator apps are a multi-factor authentication (MFA) method for encrypting your online login credentials. Stay protected with the top MFA apps we've tested. I review privacy tools like hardware ...

Microsoft ended support for password master in Edge on June 4, 2026, in favour of Windows Hello.

Update 5/20: Microsoft now considers these authentication problems to be resolved, having released “out-of-band” updates on May 19, as described here. Microsoft this week acknowledged possible ...

Microsoft on World Password Day described passwordless milestones for a bunch of its products, per a Thursday announcement. The first Thursday of May has been deemed World Password Day. Its ...

Microsoft is introducing IAKerb and LocalKDC in Windows Insider builds to reduce NTLM dependency and expand Kerberos ...

If you use Microsoft Authenticator to store your login information, it's time to take action. This month, Microsoft began deleting stored payment methods from the app, and as of Aug. 1, 2025, stored ...

Microsoft Authenticator to stop saving new passwords June 1. Update, May 4, 2025: This story, originally published May 2, has been updated with further information on the use of passkeys by Microsoft, ...

If you want to import or export passwords from Microsoft Authenticator from or to apps like OnePassword, Google Authenticator, etc, this post will help you. Keeping your passwords secure is more ...

Microsoft has been working to make passwordless sign-in for Windows and Microsoft accounts a reality for years now, and today those efforts come to fruition: The Verge reports that starting today, ...

Microsoft is investigating a known issue causing authentication failures for some Windows services after installing updates released during the May 2022 Patch Tuesday. This comes after Windows admins ...

The Kerberos authentication method originated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1980s, as part of a project called Athena. The project involved integrating the computers on the MIT ...