Microsoft to integrate Passport with Windows Live ID
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006BetaNews is reporting that [tag]Microsoft[/tag] plans to integrate their [tag]Passport[/tag] authentication service into the [tag]Windows Live ID[/tag] by 2007. Since Passport never really took off because there weren't enough opportunities to use it, Windows Live has now injected some new vigor into it.
A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed the existence of [tag]Windows Live[/tag] ID to BetaNews late Monday, calling it the authentication service for Windows Live. "You may consider it a major upgrade to Passport technology," he said. According to Microsoft, Windows Live ID would play a large part in making upcoming services possible.
All this is a long way off but nonetheless represents some exciting things to come!