Zero trust is a concept that’s easy to grasp but incredibly difficult to implement. It touches almost every system, component, application, and resource within an enterprise, and requires a strategic framework and specific tools and technologies to achieve best practice results.

As organizations move Microsoft environments towards zero trust, it’s vital to ensure that all the pieces fit together perfectly. Microsoft’s foray into passwordless authentication, including Windows Hello for Business, introduces clear benefits but also challenges. Newer technologies must integrate with legacy systems, including Windows 8 and older platforms.