However, security keys only work for Azure Active Directory Joined machines for now.

Users relying on WIA SSO that use managed credentials like FIDO2 security keys or passwordless sign in with Microsoft Authenticator app need to Hybrid Join on Windows 10 to get the benefits of SSO.

FIDO2 based Windows sign-in requires Azure AD joined Windows 10 version 1809 or higher.

WebAuthN requires Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 version 1809 or higher.

Combined registration preview with users enabled for SSPR.

Azure AD tenant with Azure MFA capabilities.

They can also sign in to supported browsers. It allows users and organizations to leverage the standard to sign in to their resources without a username or password using an external security key or a platform key built into a device.įor a public preview, employees can use external security keys to sign in to their Azure Active Directory Joined Windows 10 machines (running version 1809 or higher) and get single-sign on to their cloud resources. Fast Identity Online (FIDO) is an open standard for passwordless authentication. FIDO2 Security Keys ()įIDO2 security keys are an unphishable standards-based passwordless authentication method that can come in any form factor. At then, I needed to configure Azure AD policy via PowerShell but nowadays you can enable the feature to selected/all users from the Azure AD portal. Even still in preview, some configurations steps needed have been changed since October 2018. Phone sign-in was launched last year (still in preview) and I wrote a blog on how to configure it back in October. User credential is tied to a device and uses a biometric or PIN. Windows Hello for Business has been there a while and it offers passwordless authentication to on-premises and also to cloud services. Introduction Windows Hello for Business (WHfB) This blog post concentrates mostly to FIDO2 security key configuration and usage. Passwordless authentication offers flexibility and smooth user experience containing something you have and something you are or know.Ĭurrently, there are several options for passwordless authentication towards Azure AD which are briefly described below.

End users had always been frustrated to remember multiple passwords. The last couple of years there has been a lot of discussions about #passwordless authentication in the IT industry from a security perspective.

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