Microsoft is making storing and syncing passwords across devices easier, or at least a bit less complicated. Over the coming months, the tech giant will discontinue autofill within Microsoft ...

Users of Microsoft apps are having a rough year. First, in May, the Windows maker shut down the popular VOIP calling app, Skype, for good. Microsoft said it was done so that the company could focus on ...

If you use Microsoft Authenticator to store your login information, it's time to take action. This month, Microsoft began deleting stored payment methods from the app, and as of Aug. 1, 2025, stored ...

Microsoft is rolling out a new backup system in September for its Authenticator app on iOS, removing the requirement to use a Microsoft personal account to back up TOTP secrets and account names.

Microsoft Authenticator Users: Your Passwords Could Be Inaccessible Soon – Act By Aug. 1 Your email has been sent If you use Microsoft Authenticator, there are ...

Those of you who use Microsoft Authenticator as a password manager will have to find another option, and soon. That's because an upcoming change will pull the plug on the ability to use the ...

Microsoft’s Authenticator service allows users to easily sign in to their Microsoft account or supported apps with two-step verification enabled. This app can also generate single-use codes which will ...

If you use the Microsoft Authenticator app to handle your passwords online, be aware that the app will stop using its built-in password autofill capability on August 1, 2025, unless you change to the ...

Microsoft's Authenticator app can also manage passwords in addition to extended authentication as a second factor. That ends now. In addition to its main function of confirming logins as a second ...

As previously announced, Microsoft has dropped support for the Microsoft Authenticator app on Apple Watch. The company blamed this decision on watchOS being “incompatible with Authenticator security ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The whole password deletion and usage debate revolves around ...