<ul><li>Microsoft is now making its biggest move towards a passwordless future by asking new account sign-ups to use secure methods like passkeys, push notifications, and security keys by default.</li><li>New Microsoft accounts will be 'passwordless by default,' while existing users can delete their passwords in account settings.</li><li>Microsoft has introduced a more optimized sign-in window design to facilitate a passwordless and passkey-first experience for users.</li><li>The company has also renamed 'World Password Day' to 'World Passkey Day' and aims to promote passkeys over passwords with a high success rate of signing in using passkeys.</li></ul>

Microsoft goes passwordless by default on new accounts

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