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Entra Combined security information registration

Read to decideNew content in “Change a password in My Sign-Ins”; read it to see whether it concerns you.
Changed article references · 1 added · 0 removed
- Added link: Allow password change after secure sign-in.https://review.learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/authentication/concept-sspr-howitworks?branch=pr-en-us-14357&tabs=secure-sign-in#tab/secure-sign-in
2 new passages (about 80 words), 2 edited passages (45 words changed).
New section: Change a password in My Sign-Ins
Also changed: Change a password in MySignIns
Changed wording view Inline diff Before After
EditedChange a password in My Sign-Ins

A user navigates to Security info. After signing in, the user can change their password. If the user authenticates with a password and a multifactor authentication method, ~~[removed: they're able to use the enhanced user experience to]~~ [added: they can] change their password without entering [removed: their existing password. When finished, the user has the new password updated on the Security info page. Authentication methods such as Temporary Access Pass (TAP) aren't supported for password change unless the user knows] their existing password.

Before: A user navigates to Security info. After signing in, the user can change their password. If the user authenticates with a password and a multifactor authentication method, they're able to use the enhanced user experience to change their password without entering their existing password. When finished, the user has the new password updated on the Security info page. Authentication methods such as Temporary Access Pass (TAP) aren't supported for password change unless the user knows their existing password.

After: A user navigates to Security info. After signing in, the user can change their password. If the user authenticates with a password and a multifactor authentication method, they can change their password without entering their existing password.
NewChange a password in My Sign-Ins

[added: An organization can also allow users to change their cloud password after they sign in with Microsoft Entra certificate-based authentication (CBA), a passkey (FIDO2), or a Microsoft Authenticator passwordless phone sign-in notification. Users don't need to know or enter their current password, and they don't need to be registered for SSPR. For administrator configuration, user steps, and limitations, see Allow password change after secure sign-in.]

Before: No saved wording on this side.

After: An organization can also allow users to change their cloud password after they sign in with Microsoft Entra certificate-based authentication (CBA), a passkey (FIDO2), or a Microsoft Authenticator passwordless phone sign-in notification. Users don't need to know or enter their current password, and they don't need to be registered for SSPR. For administrator configuration, user steps, and limitations, see Allow password change after secure sign-in.
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Observed 30 Oct 01:49 UTC · current page · MIT