Microsoft Authenticator provides multi-factor authentication options, as well as a password manager. Here's what you should know about the app.

I've been using Microsoft Authenticator as my go-to password manager—but now it's shutting down, it's time to move to a better alternative that will actually protect my passwords.

Simply log in to your Microsoft Authenticator account, and a prompt will appear asking you to set up a new passkey. Alternatively, you can open your account, tap the ‘set up a passkey’ option, and ...

Microsoft Authenticator users need to move to passkeys or start using Edge as their password manager.

If you’re a Microsoft Authenticator user, you’ve probably received at least one notice that the app’s password management ...

Microsoft Authenticator will stop supporting passwords on Aug. 1 Microsoft Authenticator houses your passwords and lets you sign into all your Microsoft accounts using a PIN, facial recognition ...

With this release, users who have Microsoft Authenticator installed on iOS or Microsoft Intune Company Portal installed on macOS can sign into Microsoft applications using a FIDO2 security key.

Learn how to disable Microsoft's default requirement for its Authenticator app in Microsoft 365 and regain control over your organization's multifactor authentication settings.

If you see Microsoft Authenticator Registration has timed out error, make sure your device is encrypted. More working suggestions here!

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 ...