How to view and manage your Microsoft passwords on Linux/Chrome/ChromeOS (Without Edge or mobile)
1. install Google Chrome (or other Chromium based browsers, including Edge itself) 2. install Microsoft Autofill extension 3. Sign into your Microsoft account in the extension 4. Access your Passwords safely and hassle-free * you do Not need to sign in to Google account for this. ** this works on Mac and Windows too, basically any environment where you can install this extension in. The extension also has Import feature, so you can import your passwords at once from a file and save them to your Microsoft account. Questions & answers about Microsoft Authenticator app - Azure AD | Microsoft Docs Q: How are my passwords protected by the Authenticator app? A: Authenticator app already provides a high level of security for multi-factor authentication and account management, and the same high security bar is also extended to managing your passwords. Strong authentication is needed by Authenticator app: Signing into Authenticator requires a second factor. This means that your passwords inside Authenticator app can't be accessed even if someone has your Microsoft account password. Autofill data is protected with biometrics and passcode: Before you can autofill password on an app or site, Authenticator requires biometric or device passcode. This ensures that even if someone else has access to your device, they cannot fill or see your password, as they’d be unable to provide the biometric or device PIN. Furthermore, a user cannot open the Passwords page unless they provide biometric or PIN, even if they turn off App Lock in app settings. Encrypted Passwords on the device: Passwords on device are encrypted, and encryption/decryption keys are never stored and always generated on-the-fly. Passwords are only decrypted when user wants to, that is, during autofill or when user wants to see the password, both of which require biometric or PIN. Cloud and network security: Your passwords on the cloud are encrypted and decrypted only when they reach your device. Passwords are synced over an SSL-protected HTTPS connection, which ensures no attacker can eavesdrop on sensitive data when it is being synced. We also ensure we check the sanity of data being synced over network using cryptographic hashed functions (specifically, hash-based message authentication code).Edge sync getting throttled after bookmark/favorites import
it's happening on Edge stable Version 81.0.416.58 (Official build) (64-bit) my other installed channel is Version 84.0.488.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit) this throttle creates duplicate favorites on all other Edge instances that are in sync almost instantly. but i have to wait 5-6 minutes (depending on the number of favorites) until sync gets back to the normal status and duplicates will then be removed on their own. can this be improved and sped up? i don't think every user knows to wait that long and might go on and modify their data while Edge is working in the background which could lead to lost favorites. ThanksAdd Cookies import option when importing data from other browsers
It'd really help me to resume my work quickly in Edge if I could import cookies from other browsers to Edge, so I wouldn't need to login to all of the websites again and deal with their 2step verifications etc. I've used Yandex browser and it supports this feature, very helpful and convenient. so please Add it to EdgeLesson Learned #523: Measuring Import Time -Parsing SqlPackage Logs with PowerShell
This week I'm working on a service request who was experiencing long import times when restoring a large BACPAC into Azure SQL Database, I need to understand where time was being spent inside SqlPackage.exe. I rely on the diagnostics log and the PowerShell to analyze this time. The file contains valuable information that we can extract and summarize using PowerShell. I developed a small PowerShell Script with the following idea: Classifies every entry (Information, Verbose‑25, Verbose‑19, …). Tracks cumulative time for each class. Flags any operation whose delta exceeds 10 seconds with a warning. Produces two tables at the end: Summary per Level (counts + total seconds). Verbose‑25 Operations sorted by elapsed time. I used Verbose-25 (Verbose Operation plus operation ), because I identified that the lines contains the elapsed-time of the operation done. Those are usually the slowest parts. How the Script Works Read the content 5000 lines at a time. Parser every line running Process‑Line function to obtain 3 variables Level, Id, Timestamp, Message. If the level is not Verbose-25 (operation finished), the time is measured against the previous timestamp otherwise for Perf: text Operation ended we use elapsed ms. I added a line that when the delta > 10 s triggers Write‑Warning. $logPath = "C:\temp\Exampledf.txt" $prevStamp = $null $Salida = $null [int]$Lines= 0 $stats = @{} $Verbose25 = @{} function Process-Line { param ( [string]$line, [ref]$prevStamp ) if ($line -notmatch 'Microsoft\.Data\.Tools\.Diagnostics\.Tracer') { return "" } $tail = $Line.Substring($Line.IndexOf('Tracer') + 6).Trim() $c1 = $tail.IndexOf(':') if ($c1 -lt 0) { return "" } $level = $tail.Substring(0, $c1).Trim() $rest = $tail.Substring($c1 + 1).Trim() $c2 = $rest.IndexOf(':') if ($c2 -lt 0) { return "" } $id = $rest.Substring(0, $c2).Trim() $rest = $rest.Substring($c2 + 1).Trim() if ($rest.Length -lt 19) { return "" } $stamp = $rest.Substring(0, 19) $msg = $rest.Substring(19).Trim() if ($msg.StartsWith(':')) { $msg = $msg.Substring(1).Trim() } If($Level -eq "Verbose") { $levelKey = "$level-$id" # Verbose-25, Verbose-19… } else { $levelKey=$level } $delta = 0 if ($msg -like 'Perf: Operation ended*' -and $Level -eq "Verbose") { # Ej.: "...elapsed in ms): StartImportTable,[schema].[table],58" $elapsedMs = ($msg.Split(',')[-1]).Trim() if ($elapsedMs -match '^\d+$') { $delta = [double]$elapsedMs / 1000 } $Verbose25[$msg] = @{ ElapsedTime = [double]$elapsedMs / 1000 } $prevStamp.Value = [datetime]$stamp } else { $curr = [datetime]$stamp if ($prevStamp.Value) { $delta = ($curr - $prevStamp.Value).TotalSeconds } $prevStamp.Value = $curr } # ---- Update the summary ----------------------------------------------- if (-not $stats.ContainsKey($levelKey)) { $stats[$levelKey] = @{ Count = 0; Total = 0 } } $stats[$levelKey].Count++ $stats[$levelKey].Total += $delta return "$levelKey $delta $($msg.Trim())" } # Read and show line (every 5000) Get-Content -Path $logPath -ReadCount 5000 | ForEach-Object { foreach ($line in $_) { $Lines++ $Salida = Process-Line -line $line -prevStamp ([ref]$prevStamp) if ($Salida) { $deltaToken = [double]($Salida.Split()[1]) if ($deltaToken -gt 10) { Write-Warning "$Lines $Salida" } if ($Lines % 5000 -eq 0 -and $Salida) { Write-Output "$Lines Text: $Salida" } } } } Write-Output "`n--- Summary per Level -----------------------------------------" Write-Output "Lines Read: $Lines" $stats.GetEnumerator() | Sort-Object Name | ForEach-Object { [pscustomobject]@{ Level = $_.Name Operations = $_.Value.Count TotalTimeSec = [math]::Round($_.Value.Total, 3) } } | Format-Table -AutoSize Write-Output "`n--- Verbose-25 Operations -------------------------------------" $Verbose25.GetEnumerator() | Sort-Object @{ Expression = { [double]$_.Value.ElapsedTime }; Descending = $true } | ForEach-Object { [pscustomobject]@{ Operation = $_.Name ElapsedTimeSec = [double]$_.Value.ElapsedTime } } | Format-Table -AutoSize Examples:Lesson Learned #25: Export/Import Azure SQL Database using Azure File Service?
First published on MSDN on Apr 03, 2017 In some situations, we need to import or export our Azure SQL Database using SQLPackage, but, unfortunately, either source and destination file we cannot specify a blob storage, in case that we want to save the file in this storage.
