Support for passwordless auth in Self service sign up User flow

Question

Hello,

We are using Azure Entra ID to provide SSO as an option for our Single Page App (SPA). Our clients also use Azure Entra so we are following a bit of a B2B approach here. Everything works well, however, one of our main clients is moving fully to passwordless authentication soon. This means that Self service Sign up User Flows will no longer work for them, as only password auth is supported at the moment. When will passwordless options be supported or are there any workarounds for this problem? The client is aiming to transition to passwordless within six months time.

Thanks,

Sudesh

Answer 1

Hello @Sudesh Lutchman,

Yes, that would be correct currently Entra ID doesn't support passwordless authentication methods for B2B guest users through self-service sign-up user flows. The self-service sign-up user flows in Entra ID are designed to collect user attributes and then create guest accounts using email verification i.e. password-based authentication hence without password users won't be able to register.

Currently we do not have any exact timelines on the roadmap for enabling passwordless authentication in B2B self-service sign-up user flows, we would advise to post your requirement as feature request in the feedback portal Feedback-Azure

There is one workaround within Entra ID which could be utilized, if your application is registered in an Azure AD B2C tenant, you can implement custom policies that support passwordless authentication methods for guest users. This approach requires advanced configuration and development. Custom policies provide you the flexibility to modify the configuration as per your requirement.​