Microsoft is introducing IAKerb and LocalKDC in Windows Insider builds to reduce NTLM dependency and expand Kerberos ...

Goodbye master password, hello Windows Hello. Edge is ditching passwords in favor of biometrics.

Microsoft ended support for password master in Edge on June 4, 2026, in favour of Windows Hello.

Microsoft Edge has replaced master passwords with Windows Hello for accessing its password manager, enhancing security in the ...

According to Microsoft 365 Message Center notice MC1325414, SSPR will soon accept only registered authentication methods.

Update 5/20: Microsoft now considers these authentication problems to be resolved, having released “out-of-band” updates on May 19, as described here. Microsoft this week acknowledged possible ...

Microsoft is investigating a known issue causing authentication failures for some Windows services after installing updates released during the May 2022 Patch Tuesday. This comes after Windows admins ...

Microsoft is investigating a new known issue causing enterprise domain controllers to experience Kerberos authentication problems after installing security updates released to address CVE-2020-17049 ...

The Kerberos authentication method originated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1980s, as part of a project called Athena. The project involved integrating the computers on the MIT ...