---
id: 6044
title: "Azure AD Password Protection: The Cloud Security Service your Active Directory Needs Now"
source_domain: semperis.com
source_url: "https://www.semperis.com/blog/azure-ad-password-protection/"
published_at: "2018-07-09T17:22:18Z"
tags: ["cloud", "active-directory", "microsoft", "password-security", "hybrid-identity", "azure-ad-password-protection", "banned-passwords"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6044"
lang: en
---

# Azure AD Password Protection: The Cloud Security Service your Active Directory Needs Now

## Summary

Azure AD Password Protection reaches GA: it screens out common and banned passwords for on-prem AD, closing a top attack vector; covers architecture, deployment and licensing (needs Azure AD P1/P2).

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** semperis.com
- **Published:** 2018-07-09T17:22:18Z
- **Original:** https://www.semperis.com/blog/azure-ad-password-protection/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6044