Microsoft is ending SMS login codes for personal accounts and replacing them with passkeys, authenticator apps, and backup ...

For a while now, it’s been possible to authenticate your Microsoft account logins by receiving a six-digit code via text ...

Microsoft believes that the future of authentication is passwordless, secure, and user-friendly.

Microsoft is moving personal account users away from SMS verification codes and toward passkeys, the Microsoft Authenticator app, and verified email addresses for sign-in and account recovery. The ...