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title: WebAuthn APIs title: WebAuthn APIs
description: Learn how to use WebAuthn APIs to enable password-less authentication for your sites and apps. description: Learn how to use WebAuthn APIs to enable passwordless authentication for your sites and apps.
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# WebAuthn APIs for password-less authentication on Windows # WebAuthn APIs for passwordless authentication on Windows
Passwords leave your customers vulnerable. When you use the new WebAuthn APIs in your sites and apps, your customers can use password-less authentication. Passwords leave your customers vulnerable. When you use the new WebAuthn APIs in your sites and apps, your customers can use passwordless authentication.
Microsoft has long been a proponent of password-less authentication. While we work towards that goal, we'd like to introduce you to the latest Windows 10 (version 1903) W3C/FIDO2 Win32 WebAuthn platform APIs. Microsoft has long been a proponent of passwordless authentication. While we work towards that goal, we'd like to introduce you to the latest Windows 10 (version 1903) W3C/FIDO2 Win32 WebAuthn platform APIs.
## What does this mean? ## What does this mean?
Using these APIs, developer partners and the developer community can use [Windows Hello](./index.yml) or [FIDO2 Security Keys](./microsoft-compatible-security-key.md) to implement password-less multi-factor authentication for their applications on Windows devices. Using these APIs, developer partners and the developer community can use [Windows Hello](./index.yml) or [FIDO2 Security Keys](./microsoft-compatible-security-key.md) to implement passwordless multi-factor authentication for their applications on Windows devices.
Users of these apps or sites can use any browser that supports WebAuthn Windows 10 APIs for password-less authentication. The native Windows 10 WebAuthn APIs are currently supported by Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 1809 or later and on the latest versions of other browsers. No matter which browser they use, they'll have a familiar and consistent experience on Windows 10, no matter which browser they use. Users of these apps or sites can use any browser that supports WebAuthn Windows 10 APIs for passwordless authentication. The native Windows 10 WebAuthn APIs are currently supported by Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 1809 or later and on the latest versions of other browsers. No matter which browser they use, they'll have a familiar and consistent experience on Windows 10, no matter which browser they use.
Developers should use the new Windows 10 APIs to support FIDO2 authentication keys in a consistent way for users. Moreover, developers can use all the transports that are available per FIDO2 specifications (USB, NFC, and BLE) without having to deal with the interaction and management overhead. Developers should use the new Windows 10 APIs to support FIDO2 authentication keys in a consistent way for users. Moreover, developers can use all the transports that are available per FIDO2 specifications (USB, NFC, and BLE) without having to deal with the interaction and management overhead.