Hybrid cloud identity and access management services add complexity and opportunity for attackers to network authentication processes, as recently demonstrated for Azure AD.

Microsoft plans to commercially offer its Azure Active Directory Identity Protection service and its Azure Active Directory Privileged Identity Management service, starting on Sept. 15.

Microsoft has described password writeback as "an Azure Active Directory Connect component" that "allows you to configure your cloud tenant to write passwords back to your on-premises Active Directory ...

This week Microsoft pushed through some improvements and new capabilities for its Azure Active Directory Identity Protection preview.