Microsoft gets a hint of SmartCard

This is about consolidating them individual identity into a secure smart card.   Microsoft lives or dies depending upon the smart card space.

Microsoft has "disinvited" Okta, a hot cloud startup, from being a sponsor at its upcoming Ignite tech conference, Okta CEO Todd McKinnon tells Business Insider.
Microsoft did this even though Okta has been a sponsor of the conference for years.
Okta's main product helps companies manage employee passwords for a bunch of different cloud services, and it also helps them manage mobile devices. Microsoft has recently introduced similar products.
In an email viewed by Business Insider, Microsoft said that the event's leadership team refused Okta's sponsorship and removed it as an exhibitor "due to broad competition between our companies in the mobility solution space."