Microsoft says SMS and phone call authentication isn't up to the task anymore – and urges businesses to adopt passkeys.

Microsoft Entra retires SMS and voice MFA by February 2027, making passkeys default. Here's the full timeline and what IT ...

Microsoft has announced that passkeys will become the default authentication method for the Entra ID enterprise identity ...

Beginning in September, Microsoft Entra ID will replace SMS and voice authentication with passkeys, signaling that ...

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Microsoft Entra will retire its SMS and voice MFA services on February 1, 2027, as it moves public cloud customers toward ...

Microsoft will make passkeys the default in Entra ID from September 1, 2026, before retiring SMS and voice authentication in 2027.

Hotel Wi-Fi hack targeting Microsoft 365 accounts has turned captive portal gateways at hotels and conference centers in the ...

Microsoft's public cloud computing platform, Azure, was recently targeted by a cyberattack that led to a multi-hour outage. While a newly announced mandatory two-factor authentication login ...

Forg365 targets Microsoft 365 with device code and AitM phishing, then uses stolen tokens for persistent browser sessions and ...

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 ...