Password Protection & Smart Lockout Settings
The question it answers: How are smart lockout and banned-password protection configured, including for on-premises Active Directory?
Smart lockout and banned passwords are the first line against password spraying. Lockouts & Password Spray shows lockout events; this report shows how the protection is configured - especially whether on-premises password protection only audits instead of enforcing.
At a glance
Section titled “At a glance”| Where in the app | Entra ID › Identity Configuration › Password Protection & Lockout |
| Workload | Entra ID |
| Kind | Findings list · dashboard tile |
| Data | Read from Microsoft 365 when someone first opens it, then kept for the report cache lifetime (Settings > Data & cache, 1 hour unless changed). |
| Licence | Custom banned-password list and on-premises password protection need Entra ID P1. |
| Report id (API and MCP) | entra.configuration.password-protection |
Columns
Section titled “Columns”| Column | Key | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Severity | Severity | Status |
| Area | Category | Text |
| Setting | Subject | Link |
| Check | Setting | Text |
| Value | Value | Text |
| Finding | Finding | Text |
| Source | Detail | Text |
| Date | When | Date |
| Count | Number | Number |
A findings list hides columns that no row fills. Severity is Critical, Serious, Warning, OK or Info; rows rated Critical, Serious or Warning need attention (Working with findings).
What it needs
Section titled “What it needs”Licence: Custom banned-password list and on-premises password protection need Entra ID P1.
Application permissions on the IntensiveReports app registration (all permissions):
| Permission | API | What it allows | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
Directory.Read.All | Microsoft Graph | Read directory data |
Data sources it reads
GET /v1.0/groupSettings (Password Rule Settings template)
Through the API and MCP
Section titled “Through the API and MCP”GET /ir-api/v1/reports/entra.configuration.password-protection?size=100An AI assistant reads it with the MCP tool get_report and the id entra.configuration.password-protection. The client needs the Read grant for Entra ID. See Using the API.