- Microsoft’s authenticator is closing today
- This is your last chance to save your stored passwords
- Microsoft is changing to a safer alternative
In the event that warnings have been lost, Microsoft Authenticator is closing today (August 1, 2025) and will eliminate all its stored passwords, unless you do some key things.
Microsoft has warned users of the imminent off of its authenticator application for some time, notifying users who will have to change to use Passkeys instead of the Microsoft authenticator.
For anyone who has not prepared for today’s closure, this is their last chance to transfer all their credentials stored to Microsoft Edge.
How to save your passwords
Passkeys has quickly become the preferred alternative to passwords for companies and consumers equally. They are faster to use and much safer against phishing and the theft of credentials, and each Keykey is completely unique and stored safely.
As an additional advantage, the very rare passes can be verified using safe biometric authentication using a facial recognition scan or a fingerprint.
If you want to save all your Microsoft authenticator stored passwords to access them later, you only have your passwords today to Microsoft Edge. Otherwise, they will be eliminated and will not be able to access them.
Users will be asked to configure a passage key if they have a password and a unique code configured in their account.
Simply log in to your Microsoft authentic account, and a message will appear asking you to configure a new key. Alternatively, you can open your account, touch the option ‘Set a Passkey’ and then use your existing username and password to log in.
Microsoft has spent a lot of time and effort making Passkeys the predetermined login option, studying how users interact with passkeys and what would make a user more likely to use a passkey. The benefit that resonated the most with users is the ability to log in faster and more easily than writing a password.
As the Passkeys do not stay to the user to decide (or remember), they are significantly safer than the user generated passwords, and does not have to be stored in a password administrator.
For a hacker to decipher in a passkey protected account, he would need to have physical access to his face or digital footprint or, in some cases, a safe pin.
