Alex Simons | Author at Microsoft 365 Blog

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Published November 20, 2018

4 min read

Secure password-less sign-in for your Microsoft account using a security key or Windows Hello

We just turned on the ability to securely sign in with your Microsoft account using a standards-based FIDO2 compatible device—no username or password required!

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Published October 16, 2018

2 min read

Microsoft named a 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Access Management

Microsoft was recognized as a 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Access Management, Worldwide—which is a strong validation that that our customers value the innovations we added to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) this year.

Published August 27, 2018

1 min read

Microsoft Authenticator companion app for Apple Watch now in public preview

Announcing the Microsoft Authenticator app for Apple Watch! Now you’ll be able to approve notifications on your Watch without having to get your phone.

Published August 21, 2018

3 min read

It’s time for token binding

The last few months have been some very exciting times in the world of identity and security standards. Due to the efforts of a broad set of experts across the industry, we've made incredible progress in finalizing a broad set of new and improved standards that will improve both the security and user experiences of a generation of cloud services and devices.

Published June 25, 2018

2 min read

Vision + Execution: Microsoft named a leader again in Gartner MQ for Access Management

For the second year in a row, Gartner has positioned Microsoft in the Leaders Quadrant in the 2018 Magic Quadrant for Access Management.

Published May 8, 2018

3 min read

Introducing Microsoft account age-related features for GDPR

Today, I’m pleased to announce the rollout of recently redesigned and improved parental consent capabilities to our Microsoft account users in the European Union.

Published April 26, 2018

1 min read

Azure AD B2B collaboration for hybrid organizations

Since we launched Azure AD B2B capabilities a year ago, more than 800,000 organizations have used Azure AD B2B to collaborate with their partners, adding 8 million guest user accounts.

Published April 17, 2018

4 min read

Password-less sign-in to Windows 10 and Azure AD using FIDO2 is coming soon (plus other cool news)!

I want to tell you about some exciting new features we've been working on that I think you'll be pretty excited about.

Published April 12, 2018

1 min read

Big news in our drive to eliminate passwords: FIDO2 / WebAuthn reaches candidate recommendation status!

We've made great progress with Windows Hello and our mobile Authenticator app that's available on iOS and Android.

Published March 15, 2018

3 min read

The Intune Managed Browser now supports Azure AD SSO and Conditional Access!

If you follow the blog, you know that Azure AD Conditional Access (CA) lets you easily secure access to Office 365 and all the other apps you use with Azure AD.

Published March 5, 2018

9 min read

Azure AD and ADFS best practices: Defending against password spray attacks

As long as we've had passwords, people have tried to guess them. In this blog, we're going to talk about a common attack which has become much more frequent recently and some best practices for defending against it.

Published February 12, 2018

6 min read

Decentralized digital identities and blockchain: The future as we see it

Over the last 12 months we've invested in incubating a set of ideas for using Blockchain (and other distributed ledger technologies) to create new types of digital identities, identities designed from the ground up to enhance personal privacy, security, and control.

Alex Simons Posts

Secure password-less sign-in for your Microsoft account using a security key or Windows Hello

Microsoft named a 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Access Management

Microsoft Authenticator companion app for Apple Watch now in public preview

It’s time for token binding

Vision + Execution: Microsoft named a leader again in Gartner MQ for Access Management

Introducing Microsoft account age-related features for GDPR

Azure AD B2B collaboration for hybrid organizations

Password-less sign-in to Windows 10 and Azure AD using FIDO2 is coming soon (plus other cool news)!

Big news in our drive to eliminate passwords: FIDO2 / WebAuthn reaches candidate recommendation status!

The Intune Managed Browser now supports Azure AD SSO and Conditional Access!

Azure AD and ADFS best practices: Defending against password spray attacks

Decentralized digital identities and blockchain: The future as we see it

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