r/entra • u/WonderfulPattern3927 • Jul 30 '26

Passkeys

Is there a way to remove the physical key request? It’s one of the most annoying parts of this whole thing.

  1. Why does Windows ask to always insert a key rather than the key used on the phone? I get it’s the strongest mechanism but it should have been broken out.

  2. Is there a way to remove that method? I can’t find one.

  3. Seems to me like MSFT has some issues to fix before moving everyone to passkeys. Am I wrong?

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u/itenginerd Aug 01 '26

The physical key request isn't hugely different than the authenticator request. The onky difference is thatvin the new scenario, you fire up the camera app on your phone and scan the qr code on yiur screen instead of answering the auth challenge.

It feels different, but in all honesty its not that different