The Microsoft Authenticator app backs up your account credentials and settings to the cloud. You can recover your information on a new device, avoiding getting locked out or recreating accounts.

Microsoft Authenticator is a security app for two-factor authentication. It competes directly with Google Authenticator, Authy, LastPass Authenticator, and others. You may run into the app when ...

Microsoft is working on adding capabilities to its Microsoft Authenticator app to help defeat security breaches enabled by advanced attack techniques, including phishing and man-in-the-middle methods.

Microsoft Authenticator provides multi-factor authentication options, as well as a password manager. Here's what you should know about the app.

Why this matters: An Authenticator app may not sound that exciting, but the new app does have a nice feature for anyone who lives in Microsoft’s online world. Whenever you log in to a Microsoft ...