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 ...

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 this week announced the general availability of its new Azure Active Directory Password Protection feature, which aims to diminish the threat of password spray attacks. The feature was at ...

IT security professionals have long recommended that password policies be configured in a way that prevents users from reusing their old passwords. Netwrix for example, recommends that your password ...

Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory has some neat features built-in, and it is always expanding. Yesterday, the Azure team implemented a way to detect “one of the most popular attacks, accounting for ...

Microsoft on Monday offered a checklist of best practices for identity security when using Azure Active Directory or Windows Server Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). Many of these best ...

Both modern Windows systems (e.g., Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2) and Active Directory, like Linux and Solaris systems, allow you to configure password policies that determine how long and complex ...

Microsoft has finally come to the conclusion that, as far as passwords are concerned, size really does matter after all. Alex Simons, vice-president of program management at Microsoft's Identity ...

If AD password policy is changed, specifically, "maximum password age" from 60 days to 90 days, do the users whose passwords were about to expire get an automatic extension to 90 days, or are they ...