IT Admin Path
Configure Entra passkeys, plan your rollout, manage policies and attestation
Evaluating how to deploy passkeys in a Microsoft Entra environment? This track covers the admin work - enabling the authentication methods, planning a phased rollout, and handling the edge cases that trip up real deployments.
If you’re new to passkeys, start with the shared foundations below. Even if you have a working understanding, the Entra-specific implementation details are worth reviewing.
Each page ends with links to the next logical topics. Follow them in order or jump to whatever applies to your current project.
Your rollout will touch other teams. The Helpdesk track covers the recovery workflows your support team needs. The Security Lead track covers the risk and compliance framing your CISO will ask about. You don’t need to read those tracks end-to-end, but the cross-links on each page will point you to the relevant pieces when they come up.
Start with the foundations
Go deep
Configuring Authentication Methods
Enable passkeys in Entra and scope your rollout
Read →Phased Rollout Strategy
Pilot to production - a step-by-step plan
Read →Attestation and AAGUID Allowlists
Control which authenticators can register
Read →Conditional Access for Passkeys
Enforce phishing-resistant methods with authentication strengths
Read →Device and OS Compatibility
What works, what doesn't, and known gaps
Read →Legacy Apps and Coexistence
Handling applications that don't support modern auth
Read →