Tag: Azure Active Directory

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Microsoft takes another big step towards going passwordless

Microsoft takes another big step towards going passwordless

Microsoft continues its relentless drive to get rid of passwords as sign-in options that enterprise customers use to access Azure Active Directory (AAD) and those consumers use to access Microsoft Accounts on Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs. Vasu Jakkal, Microsoft's corporate vice president of the... Read more

date3 years ago
Microsoft gives a preliminary explanation for Azure trouble

Microsoft gives a preliminary explanation for Azure trouble

Azure experienced an issue in the Azure Active Directory, which disrupted access to Office 365 apps and Azure Admin Portal for two hours or more for other users. Microsoft apologized for it on Monday, as part of a March 15 “preliminary root cause analysis’ notice, which was an explanation of wh... Read more

date3 years ago
Microsoft bets on zero trust using identity, compliance and skills

Microsoft bets on zero trust using identity, compliance and skills

Microsoft is betting big on the zero-trust, an approach to computer security pioneered by Google. Many updates will be available to customers after an announcement at Ignite 2021. The updates are aimed at offering protection for devices, data, platforms, identities, and clouds. Zero Trust is a s... Read more

date3 years ago
Microsoft brings “not to crack” passwords to Azure AD

Microsoft brings “not to crack” passwords to Azure AD

Microsoft Azure has raised the character limit for passwords in Azure Active Directory (AD) from 16 to 256 characters. This makes it a lot harder to make brute force hacking attempts succeed. "Many of you have reminded us that we still had a password limit of 16 characters for accounts created in ... Read more

date5 years ago
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