Passkey (FIDO2) authentication method
Observed content change
8 removed passages (about 50 words). The changed wording mentions prerequisites. Review the source to confirm the effect.
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Microsoft's wording from Microsoft source, © Microsoft Corporation, under MIT. ChangeIntel marks removed and added words, drops formatting and shortens long unchanged stretches.
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Sections to inspect
- Authentication methods in Microsoft Entra ID - passkeys (FIDO2)
- Feedback
- Additional resources
Up to 12 section headings from retained before/after evidence. The current source may have changed again.
Why this was flagged
The changed words, with a few words around them, matched these rule categories: prerequisites. These matches identify subjects to assess; they do not establish a policy change or applicability.
Observation details · observed 12 Oct 23:53 UTC
- Observed by ChangeIntel
- 12 Oct 23:53 UTC
- Source update metadata
- 15 Jun 17:40 UTC
- First observed on this installation
- 8 Oct 23:13 UTC
- Last successful check
- 19 Oct 23:56 UTC
- Next check due
- today 23:56 UTC
Observation time is not publication time, and a comparison does not establish an effective date. Full source bodies are not published; this page holds generated summaries, section headings and, as the page's license allows, Microsoft's changed wording. A documentation edit does not confirm feature availability in an environment.
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Timeline
From the capture of 12 Oct 23:53 UTC- 4 undated sections
- 6 with conditions
- 24 recorded changes
Requirements, exceptions and scope
A private key is stored on your device and public key is stored with the app or the website that you sign into. Both unique…
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How this timeline changed
Changes between ChangeIntel's readings of the page, between commits of its source file where Microsoft publishes it, in Internet Archive copies of pages that keep no other history, and entries from Microsoft's own change log (dated as Microsoft dates them). Edits between readings that neither records are unknown.
12 earlier changes
Observed history and review priority
Captured 12 Oct 23:53 UTC; extracted 16 Oct 16:11 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/fc65ebeb286710c0a830833db8a7e5de7e266b79981fe9c7c34479be9369ad3c.
Review priority. Extracted assertions require review · Applicability or exceptions require review
0 date changes and 0 condition changes across 0 compared revisions. Suggested check interval: 24 hours.
Earlier unavailable versions and edits between checks are unknown. A missing statement requires review; it does not mean the policy was cancelled. Recovered historical statements are not original revision snapshots.
Retained observations · 20
Compact evidence remains available after full document bodies expire. Earlier extractions can have different vocabulary or capture limitations.
- 12 Oct 23:53 UTC · 8 candidates
- 8 Oct 23:13 UTC · 10 candidates
- 23 Apr 17:25 UTC · 8 candidates
- 6 Apr 14:48 UTC · 8 candidates
- 3 Feb 12:30 UTC · 6 candidates
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- 12 Nov 2025 22:03 UTC · 6 candidates
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- 10 Nov 2025 20:53 UTC · 6 candidates
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- 6 Nov 2025 03:43 UTC · 3 candidates
- 6 Nov 2025 00:54 UTC · 3 candidates
- 6 Nov 2025 00:51 UTC · 3 candidates
- 2 Nov 2025 01:43 UTC · 3 candidates
Microsoft's edits
History on GitHubCommits to the page's source in MicrosoftDocs/entra-docs, with Microsoft's own messages. Commit dates can be hours or days before Learn publishes the change. ChangeIntel keeps a copy of each diff, so an edit stays readable here if GitHub stops serving it. Read 19 Oct 23:40 UTC.
Related public evidence
- Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026Passkeys and FIDO2
- Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026Passkey requirements and limitations
- Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026Entra passkeys on Windows
- Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026Passkeys in Microsoft Authenticator
- Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026FIDO2 security key Windows sign-in
- Official documentation · 12 Oct 2026Passkey platform and browser compatibility
Retained observations
- 12 Oct 23:53 UTC · shown above
- 8 Oct 23:13 UTC
Baseline for retained history; no earlier retained text to compare.
What changed
First observed 18 Oct 2026No field changes in the recorded history.
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