Today marks the beginning of the end of an era for enterprise Microsoft authentication.
As of Sept. 1, passkeys are now the default authentication method for Entra ID, Microsoft’s cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) service. By Feb. 1, 2027, Microsoft-provided SMS and voice authentication will be a thing of the past.
The move is seen as one aimed at pushing enterprises toward passwordless authentication — something security leaders are broadly on board with but often struggle to fully deploy.
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