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Secure password-less sign-in for your Microsoft account using a security key or Windows Hello

We just turned on the ability to securely sign in with your Microsoft account using a standards-based FIDO2 compatible device—no username or password required!
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The role of standards in accelerating innovation

By building upon widely implemented industry standards, innovators are free to focus on the innovative aspects of their work, letting existing standards do the heavy lifting.
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Microsoft Authenticator companion app for Apple Watch now in public preview

Announcing the Microsoft Authenticator app for Apple Watch! Now you’ll be able to approve notifications on your Watch without having to get your phone.
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It’s time for token binding

The last few months have been some very exciting times in the world of identity and security standards. Due to the efforts of a broad set of experts across the industry, we've made incredible progress in finalizing a broad set of new and improved standards that will improve both the security and user experiences of a generation of cloud services and devices.
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Eight essentials for hybrid identity #3: Securing your identity infrastructure

While we fight the good fight to ward off threats in your cloud infrastructure, we'd also like to recommend steps that you can take that could immediately protect your hybrid infrastructure.
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Vision + Execution: Microsoft named a leader again in Gartner MQ for Access Management

For the second year in a row, Gartner has positioned Microsoft in the Leaders Quadrant in the 2018 Magic Quadrant for Access Management.
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Eight essentials for hybrid identity #2: Choosing the right authentication method

I'm here to share with you the next part in our "Eight essentials for hybrid identity" blog series, based on what we've learned from working with tens of thousands of organizations on this hybrid journey.
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Eight essentials for hybrid identity #1: A new identity mindset

Many of the customers I get the privilege to talk with are well along on the path to connecting their on-premises systems and applications to cloud services. And for the majority of them, hybrid identity is the first stop of destination cloud.
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Introducing Microsoft account age-related features for GDPR

Today, I’m pleased to announce the rollout of recently redesigned and improved parental consent capabilities to our Microsoft account users in the European Union.
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Azure AD B2B collaboration for hybrid organizations

Since we launched Azure AD B2B capabilities a year ago, more than 800,000 organizations have used Azure AD B2B to collaborate with their partners, adding 8 million guest user accounts.
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Password-less sign-in to Windows 10 and Azure AD using FIDO2 is coming soon (plus other cool news)!

I want to tell you about some exciting new features we've been working on that I think you'll be pretty excited about.
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Big news in our drive to eliminate passwords: FIDO2 / WebAuthn reaches candidate recommendation status!

We've made great progress with Windows Hello and our mobile Authenticator app that's available on iOS and Android.
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