Configuring Microsoft Passport

Traditionally, users are usually authenticated by username and password. However, in today's technological trends in which a user needs to log in to different environments to access applications, websites, and other services, the traditional format of authentication is neither viable nor secure. The same goes for Microsoft's operating systems and services. Therefore, Microsoft has introduced Microsoft Passport, which enables users to authenticate without a password. Microsoft Passport is based on the Fast IDentity Online Alliance (FIDO) standards, and consists of two components: a single sign-in service and a wallet service. From that, we can deduce that Microsoft Passport is a two-factor authentication mechanism with which users will be able to prove who they are by providing something that they uniquely posses...