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Exam AZ900 Topics: architecture Difficulty: medium

A hotel chain's IT team spends too much effort on password resets, and auditors flag password reuse across properties. The team decides to remove passwords from the sign-in experience altogether: staff will sign in with a biometric or a PIN tied to their own Windows PC, with a tap of a FIDO2 security key, or with a number match in the Microsoft Authenticator app. Which approach is the team adopting?

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  1. A. Multifactor authentication, which adds an extra verification factor on top of the user's password at sign-in
  2. B. Single sign-on, which lets one authentication cover all of the chain's applications
  3. C. Conditional Access, which requires a second factor only for sign-ins from unexpected locations
  4. D. Passwordless authentication, which eliminates passwords with Windows Hello for Business, Authenticator, or FIDO2 security keys
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Correct answer: Passwordless authentication, which eliminates passwords with Windows Hello for Business, Authenticator, or FIDO2 security keys

Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/describe-azure-identity-access-security/3-authentication-methods

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