Microsoft Begins NTLM Phase-Out With Three-Stage Plan to Move Windows to Kerberos
- Posted on February 2, 2026
- By The Hacker News
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Microsoft Begins NTLM Phase-Out With Three-Stage Plan to Move Windows to Kerberos

Microsoft confirms a 3-phase strategy to deprecate NTLM, improve auditing, prioritize Kerberos, and disable NTLM by default in future Windows releases