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10 Reasons to Love Passwordless #3: Why biometrics and passwordless are a dream combination

Former Employee

Feb 09, 2021

The Microsoft identity team recently launched a series explaining why they love passwordless authentication (and why you should too!).The series kicked off with posts on FIDO and NIST compliance. Ale...

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Rajat Luthra

Former Employee

Feb 12, 2021

Thanks for the question, Chris_Clark_Netrix. Logging into Win 10 devices' lock screen with Authenticator (for M365 accounts) is not in the immediate roadmap, however, we will definitely explore that for the long run. Windows Hello is currently the preferred passwordless method to log into Win 10 devices as it supports both online and offline scenarios.