Employees of companies that issue credentials using Microsoft’s Verified ID will see a prompt in LinkedIn to verify their workplace. (Microsoft Image) Microsoft is expanding its digital identity ...

Microsoft is developing blockchain tech that lets you manage your digital identity February 12, 2018 - 6:07 pm Microsoft is out to prove blockchain naysayers wrong.

Ankur Patel, Microsoft’s principal programmer for digital identity, told Protocol the new system could include college diplomas, bank notes, or even doctors’ notes for a clean bill of health.

Microsoft plans to use blockchain to build a new digital identity that gives users control over their personal details. Skip to ... Principal Program Manager at Microsoft’s Identity division, ...

Microsoft is touting its own Microsoft Authenticator app as a so-called "digital wallet," allowing users to "manage and present credentials" using the Verified ID service.

“Microsoft Entra embodies our vision for what modern secure access should be,” wrote Joy Chik and Vasu Jakkal, who head up identity management at Microsoft. “Identity should be an entryway ...

We're already seeing some promising efforts to develop a blockchain-supported digital ID. Microsoft and Accenture are collaborating on a project to help the United Nations achieve its goal of ...

Protecting and defending customers’ identity is central to Microsoft’s mission. With more than 8,500 Microsoft security experts from across 77 countries, dedicated red and blue teams, 24/7 security ...

So Microsoft, which last year laid out a vision for a “self-sovereign digital identity” that could potentially scale to billions of users, is working with partners.

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) is a cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) platform that secures digital identities of users, devices, and apps across various ...