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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

Microsoft has announced that they have removed the 16 character Azure Active Directory password limit and admins can now use up to a maximum of 256 characters. This aligns the passwords lengths with ...

To thwart password and phishing attacks, Microsoft is rolling out security defaults to a massive number of Azure Active Directory (AD) users. Microsoft began rolling out security defaults to customers ...

This week Microsoft pushed through some improvements and new capabilities for its Azure Active Directory Identity Protection preview. It was updated with two new conditional access capabilities for ...

New Active Authentication service on the Azure-based Active Directory uses phones to improve security for hosted apps such as Office 365 Microsoft is upping the security on Azure with Active ...

Edit: Despite my comment below, I'd still be skeptical of a corporation being able to implement it properly. Edit 2: The problem is that MS advertises it with this: "No additional components needed on ...