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Microsoft intends to streamline its password management strategy, and that is resulting in its Authenticator app being deprecated. The app's functionality isn't simply limited to one-time 2FA ...

Microsoft is moving toward a password-less future. As part of that shift, it no longer wants the Authenticator app to handle ...

The only type of passkeys that Microsoft currently supports are device-bound (non-syncable) passkeys. Here's what that means for you and your credential management plans.

Microsoft Authenticator stopped supporting password management at the start of August. If you're looking for a decent alternative, check out our suggestions.

Heads up if you’ve been using Microsoft Authenticator as a password manager: the app is phasing out support for password autofill, and all saved passwords will be deleted by August.

Microsoft has announced that it will discontinue the password storage and autofill feature in the Authenticator app starting in July and will complete the deprecation in August 2025.

Microsoft will delete all your passwords stored in Authenticator on August 1, 2025. From that date, you’ll need to download Microsoft Edge and export them from the company’s web browser instead.

Microsoft Authenticator launched as a multifactor authentication solution in 2016, and it added support for password storage in 2020. Though Microsoft Authenticator is ending support for passwords ...

If you’re a Microsoft Authenticator user, you’ve probably received at least one notice that the app’s password management features are no longer usable and that your stored passwords will be ...