Description:
Verifies that on-prem password protection is enabled.
Why:
Microsoft recommends enhancing password policies in your organization by performing the same checks for on-premises password changes as you do for cloud-based password changes.
Configured: On-prem password protection is enabled.
Not Configured: On-prem password protection is not enabled.
Scoring: Contributes up to 1 point to the Posture Recommendations score.
Category: Identity
Microsoft Licensing: Requires Premium (P1) licensing
Secure Score Impact: YES — Microsoft publishes the improvement action "Ensure password protection is enabled for on-premises Active Directory".
Remediation in Augmentt: No in-product remediation — remediate in the Microsoft admin portals.
Compliance Frameworks:
CMMC Level 2 — IA.L2-3.5.7
Microsoft documentation:
_KB status: new — this check is not yet documented in the knowledge base._
_Source: Sourced from the open-source Maester project and extended by Augmentt with multi-tenant support, compliance mapping and in-product remediation. Check ID EIDSCA.PR02 (module 1049)._
Sourced for this page:
Category — Maester test catalog (maester.dev/docs/tests) — test ID targets Microsoft Entra ID
Secure Score — Microsoft Learn publishes the Secure Score improvement action "Ensure password protection is enabled for on-premises Active Directory".
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Tags: posture-check · compliance-audit · Microsoft Entra ID · Entra ID P1 · CMMC Level 2