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“It’s not like every organization wants to be the custodian of personal information, but they need it to verify information or do business transactions. 'We know it’s not going to happen overnight, but we think this is going to be compelling to both users and organizations,' Microsoft's Chik says. “All I need is to get that digital credential and because it’s already been verified I can trust it.' 'If you have a decentralized identifier I can verify, say, where you went to school, and I don’t need you to send me all of the information,' says Joy Chik, corporate vice president for Microsoft's cloud and enterprise identity division. It's already testing the platform at Keio University in Tokyo, with the government of Flanders in Belgium, and with the United Kingdom's National Health Service.

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Microsoft is starting with things like university transcripts, diplomas, and professional credentials, letting you add them to its Microsoft Authenticator app along with two-factor codes. Think of the platform as a digital wallet like Apple Pay or Google Pay, but for identifiers rather than credit cards. Microsoft has been one of the leaders of this pack-and is now detailing tangible progress toward its vision of a decentralized digital ID.Īt its Ignite conference today, Microsoft announced that it will launch a public preview of its “Azure Active Directory verifiable credentials” this spring. Then when you get carded at a bar or need proof of citizenship, you could share those pre-verified credentials instead of the actual document or data. Instead of just storing a scan of your birth certificate, for example, a decentralized ID platform might store a validated token that confirms the information in it. The goal is to build a platform that could store information about official data without holding the actual documents or details themselves. For years, tech companies have touted blockchain technology as a means to develop identity systems that are secure and decentralized.

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