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More than a billion Microsoft account users will see the new sign-in experience over the next month. Microsoft already started rolling out the experience to Xbox users, and the updated interface will ...

Users of Microsoft Authenticator have been warned to save all their passwords before the company plans to phase out its password management system starting next month. Microsoft Authenticator, known ...

Update: Republished on March 30 with news of a workaround to new sign-in requirements and more passkey information. All change for Microsoft. The company has suddenly ...

We've reported a number of sophisticated cyberattacks where threat actors circumvent 2FA restrictions. In response to the increased vulnerability of passwords, Microsoft has announced a major change ...

Millions of Microsoft Authenticator users have been issued an urgent warning to save all their passwords immediately before a major change takes effect in just hours. The company is phasing out its ...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows updates released since August 29, 2025, are breaking authentication on systems sharing Security Identifiers. Windows uses unique alphanumeric strings known as ...

As more and more sites and services have required login accounts, users have become overwhelmed with having to juggle so many passwords. This typically leads to users ...

The new screens have already been popping up, starting with Xbox this past month. The rollout will continue through the end of April. At that point, the more than 3 billion Microsoft users around the ...

It is the very first thing you need to do since Outlook requires a valid internet connection to verify your credentials and connect to the email server. To verify, you can use the ping tool. At times, ...

Microsoft is investigating an ongoing outage preventing users and admins from accessing some Microsoft 365 services and the admin center. According to thousands of reports from affected customers ...