{"id":55817,"date":"2024-10-10T11:55:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T15:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdtimes.com\/?p=55817"},"modified":"2024-10-10T11:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T15:55:09","slug":"microsoft-makes-improvements-to-the-passkey-experience-on-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdtimes.com\/security\/microsoft-makes-improvements-to-the-passkey-experience-on-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft makes improvements to the passkey experience on Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft is making it easier to use passkeys on Windows 11 by introducing a way for third-party passkey providers to integrate with Windows\u2019 passkey system, improving the user experience for creating and using passkeys, and adding the ability to sync passkeys across multiple Windows 11 devices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/identity\/passkeys\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passkeys<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are a safer alternative to passwords where users can authenticate using biometrics, a PIN, or pattern, and have been adopted by a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.passkeys.io\/who-supports-passkeys\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">number of other technology companies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, like Amazon, GitHub, Google, PayPal, and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the new API support for third-party passkey providers, users will be able to utilize their preferred external passkey app. To implement this, Microsoft has been partnering with providers like 1Password, Bitwarden, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAt Microsoft, we truly believe that security is a team sport. By partnering with OEMs, app developers and other partners in the ecosystem, and by helping people be better at protecting themselves\u2014we are continuing to make Windows more secure by design and more secure by default,\u201d Katharine Holdsworth, partner group product manager for Windows Security at Microsoft, wrote in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsdeveloper\/2024\/10\/08\/passkeys-on-windows-authenticate-seamlessly-with-passkey-providers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">blog post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The experience for creating and using passkeys has also been improved. When a user visits a website that supports passkeys, they will be prompted about how they want to save those passkeys, with one of the options being to save to their Microsoft account. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Users saving to their Microsoft account will need to go through a one-time setup where they will create a recovery key that will later be used to verify their identity and protect their passkeys. Once this initial setup is complete, they will be able to sign in to the website and save their passkey through Windows Hello.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passkeys saved through Windows Hello can be synced to multiple Windows 11 devices, providing users a more seamless sign-on process across all of their computers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMicrosoft is committed to making passkeys more readily available wherever you need them, with the experience, flexibility and durability that you expect when using Windows,\u201d Holdsworth wrote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Microsoft, these three new features will start rolling out to the Windows Insider channels over the next several months. 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