The company communicated these changes to users.
Microsoft announced that for the time being it will not apply a change announced in January whereby user accounts would be automatically logged in unless the users closed the session or used private browsing, which could pose a risk to those who forget to disconnect their browser profiles.
Currently, when logging into a Microsoft account, the system asks the user if they want to keep the session open, with the notification ‘Do you want to stay signed in?’, in order to speed up the process when they log into any product or service with their Microsoft account.
The company announced a few days ago that it planned to change this procedure in February. From then on, once a user had logged in, Microsoft would keep it open automatically, unless it was closed or private browsing was used.
Microsoft communicated these changes to Outlook.com users via a notification and also pointed it out on its support website, where it reminded users that to log out of a Microsoft account, they should select their profile picture in the top right-hand corner of the page.
Now, the company has confirmed that it will not be implementing changes to the login experiences of business users (with Microsoft Entra) or consumers (Microsoft Account) in February, according to statements reported by The Verge.
In response, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of identity and network access solutions management, Alex Simmons, has indicated that the media published this news “based on incomplete information mistakenly published by a Microsoft product team”.
Despite this, Microsoft has suggested that it plans to implement this measure soon, because on its support website it recommends that users “avoid staying connected on a public computer” and use a private browsing window or log out when they have finished browsing.
