

It permits single sign on. After a user signs in with their PIN, the user has access to email, SharePoint sites, when using the latest Office 365 versions, and business applications without being asked for credentials again.It provides easy certificate renewal. Certificate renewals automatically occur when a user signs in with their PIN before the lifetime threshold is reached.

Users can now sign in to a device using a PIN that could be backed by a trusted platform module (TPM) chip.

The Windows Hello for Business feature is a public key or certificate-based authentication approach that goes beyond passwords. Using this feature, users can authenticate to a Microsoft account, an Active Directory account, or a Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Premium account. With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft Digital streamlined the deployment of this feature as an enterprise credential to improve the user sign-in experience and to increase the security of accessing corporate resources. In Windows 10, the Windows Hello for Business (formerly known as Microsoft Passport for Work) feature can replace passwords with strong two-factor authentication that combines an enrolled device with a PIN or biometric (fingerprint or facial recognition) user input to sign in.
