Microsoft's Azure Active Directory Password Protection feature is now deemed ready for deployment by organizations, having reached "general availability" status, according to Microsoft's announcement ...

Microsoft this week announced the previews of two password security capabilities for organizations using the Azure Active Directory service or Windows Server Active Directory. One of previews is Azure ...

The Azure Active Directory (AD) Password Protection feature which blocks commonly used and compromised passwords to dramatically reduce the risks raised by password spray attacks is now generally ...

When was the last time you reviewed your password policy? It's probably time to update, and Microsoft Azure has a good tool to set up and manage that policy. If you are like most IT administrators, ...

Microsoft recently outlined some best practices to protect user identities in Windows Server Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) or Azure Active Directory (AD). In its announcement, Microsoft ...

Microsoft released a preview today of its new identity protection service, which is powered by Azure cloud services. Microsoft is promising that Azure AD Identity Protection will help ward off ...

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Imagine having unlimited attempts to guess someone’s username and password without getting caught. That would make an ideal scenario for a stealthy threat actor—leaving server admins with little to no ...

Microsoft announced that 16 new Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) lower-privileged roles are available today in preview to help admins improve security by decreasing the number of Global ...

With the final release of Windows 10, the use of traditional Active Directory may be waning, and Azure AD on the rise. Here are some security concerns that need to be addressed when making the switch.