Microsoft takes first step toward passwordless future

Once the system is live, a user who sets up a new email account will no longer have to create a password. The system will send a one-time security code to their email address with a request to verify it. Only then, after logging in again, will they be asked to create an access key. From that moment on, the access key will become their default login option.

Microsoft also wants to simplify and standardize the entire process of logging in to its services. Currently, depending on how we log in to individual services, we often have to deal with a different screen each time requesting confirmation of our identity, each of which has its own rules. The user often gets lost in all this, often making simple but life-complicating mistakes. The company intends to change this and organize all login screens in such a way that they work in an intuitive and, importantly, similar way.