If you have a Microsoft account that uses SMS for two-factor authentication, you may soon have to choose a more secure method for logging in. As reported by Windows Latest, the company is ditching ...

Microsoft quietly announced that it will stop sending SMS codes for authentication and account recovery on personal Microsoft accounts, replacing them with more secure options like passkeys, ...

Microsoft's public cloud computing platform, Azure, was recently targeted by a cyberattack that led to a multi-hour outage. While a newly announced mandatory two-factor authentication login ...

Update, Dec. 14, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 13 now includes a statement from Microsoft about the 2FA bypass vulnerability and the impact it has observed on users. Security researchers ...

Microsoft says it has been enforcing multifactor authentication (MFA) for Azure Portal sign-ins across all tenants since March 2025. The company's Azure MFA enforcement efforts were announced in May ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...