Microsoft is retiring SMS and voice as sign-in methods and making passkeys the default, with the first automatic change landing September 1, 2026. This field guide covers how to inventory your current authentication setup, define a realistic target state, and move between them in the right order — plus a full worked example using the SMS/voice retirement deadlines themselves.
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What problem do passkeys solve?
Sometimes unlearning things is harder than learning As you might have read somewhere Microsoft is busy implementing support for passkeys in their product. I was always under the impression that these passkeys were device bound, meaning that it must be available on the device where you authenticate. Yesterday I watched an announcement video about upcoming…