Microsoft is introducing "passkey" as the default login method

“Passkey” represents an alternative to all well-known passwords. It consists of two parts: one part remains on the server of the application or website, and the other part is stored on your device.

Microsoft recently decided to fully implement passkey support for all user accounts. After enabling them in Windows 11 last year, Microsoft account owners can now create passkeys on Windows, Android, and iOS. So you can easily log into your Microsoft account without having to log in every time. re-enter password.

You can create a passkey for your Microsoft account using your face, fingerprint, PIN, or security key to sign in.

"From now on, you can use passkey to sign in to Microsoft applications and websites, including Microsoft 365 and Copilot on desktop and mobile browsers," explains Vasu Jakkal, Microsoft's vice president of security, compliance and identity. "Support for logging into mobile versions of Microsoft applications using passkey will follow in the coming weeks."

Passkeys represent a major milestone in Microsoft's efforts toward a password-free future. In 2015, with the Windows 10 operating system, Microsoft was the firstč introduced Windows Hello authentication, which enables logging into a computer with your face, fingerprint or PIN code. Microsoft then started supporting FIDO security keys in April 2018, and in 2021 added the option to sign in to a Microsoft account completely without a password.

Passkeys have now become an industry norm, adopted by Apple, Google, Microsoft and others. So far, passkeys have been used by several than 400 million Google accounts, proving that they are a popular alternative to using a password.