Today’s guest is Ankur Patel, Head of Product at Entra Verified ID which is Microsoft’s decentralized identity product. We begin the conversation by reviewing Microsoft’s storied history of identity initiatives, and why one of the world’s most valuable companies made decentralized identity one of their major focus areas. We dive into the recent announcement about verifiable credentials on LinkedIn, which allows companies to issue employment credentials, so LinkedIn members can truly prove they actually work at the organization listed on their LinkedIn profile. Ankur is one of the pioneers in decentralized identity and his perspective on why enterprises are adopting decentralized identity is fascinating. Reach out to Ankur on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/_AnkurPatel">@_AnkurPatel</a>) or LinkedIn (<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/4ankurpatel/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/4ankurpatel/</a>). To learn more about Microsoft Entra Verified ID visit the following two links:<ul><li><a href="https://aka.ms/verifyonce">https://aka.ms/verifyonce</a></li><li><a href="https://aka.ms/didfordevs">https://aka.ms/didfordevs</a></li></ul>Reach out to Riley (<a href="https://twitter.com/rileyphughes">@rileyphughes</a>) and Trinsic (<a href="https://twitter.com/trinsic_id">@trinsic_id</a>) on Twitter. We’d love to hear from you.

Ankur Patel: Microsoft’s Decentralized Identity Product—Entra Verified ID