Azure Active Directory feature availability
This following tables list Azure AD feature availability in Azure Government.
Azure Active Directory
Service | Feature | Availability |
---|---|---|
Authentication, single sign-on, and MFA | Cloud authentication (Pass-through authentication, password hash synchronization) | ✅ |
Federated authentication (Active Directory Federation Services or federation with other identity providers) | ✅ | |
Single sign-on (SSO) unlimited | ✅ | |
Multifactor authentication (MFA) | ✅ | |
Passwordless (Windows Hello for Business, Microsoft Authenticator, FIDO2 security key integrations) | ✅ | |
Certificate-based authentication | ✅ | |
Service-level agreement | ✅ | |
Applications access | SaaS apps with modern authentication (Azure AD application gallery apps, SAML, and OAUTH 2.0) | ✅ |
Group assignment to applications | ✅ | |
Cloud app discovery (Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps) | ✅ | |
Application Proxy for on-premises, header-based, and Integrated Windows Authentication | ✅ | |
Secure hybrid access partnerships (Kerberos, NTLM, LDAP, RDP, and SSH authentication) | ✅ | |
Authorization and Conditional Access | Role-based access control (RBAC) | ✅ |
Conditional Access | ✅ | |
SharePoint limited access | ✅ | |
Session lifetime management | ✅ | |
Identity Protection (vulnerabilities and risky accounts) | See Identity protection below. | |
Identity Protection (risk events investigation, SIEM connectivity) | See Identity protection below. | |
Entra permissions management | ❌ | |
Administration and hybrid identity | User and group management | ✅ |
Advanced group management (Dynamic groups, naming policies, expiration, default classification) | ✅ | |
Directory synchronization—Azure AD Connect (sync and cloud sync) | ✅ | |
Azure AD Connect Health reporting | ✅ | |
Delegated administration—built-in roles | ✅ | |
Global password protection and management – cloud-only users | ✅ | |
Global password protection and management – custom banned passwords, users synchronized from on-premises Active Directory | ✅ | |
Microsoft Identity Manager user client access license (CAL) | ✅ | |
Entra workload identities | ❌ | |
End-user self-service | Application launch portal (My Apps) | ✅ |
User application collections in My Apps | ✅ | |
Self-service account management portal (My Account) | ✅ | |
Self-service password change for cloud users | ✅ | |
Self-service password reset/change/unlock with on-premises write-back | ✅ | |
Self-service sign-in activity search and reporting | ✅ | |
Self-service group management (My Groups) | ✅ | |
Self-service entitlement management (My Access) | ✅ | |
Identity governance | Automated user provisioning to apps | ✅ |
Automated group provisioning to apps | ✅ | |
HR-driven provisioning | Partial. See HR-provisioning apps. | |
Terms of use attestation | ✅ | |
Access certifications and reviews | ✅ | |
Entitlement management | ✅ | |
Privileged Identity Management (PIM), just-in-time access | ✅ | |
Entra governance | ❌ | |
Event logging and reporting | Basic security and usage reports | ✅ |
Advanced security and usage reports | ✅ | |
Identity Protection: vulnerabilities and risky accounts | ✅ | |
Identity Protection: risk events investigation, SIEM connectivity | ✅ | |
Frontline workers | SMS sign-in | ✅ |
Shared device sign-out | Enterprise state roaming for Windows 10 devices isn't available. | |
Delegated user management portal (My Staff) | ❌ |
Identity protection
Risk Detection | Availability |
---|---|
Leaked credentials (MACE) | ✅ |
Azure AD threat intelligence | ❌ |
Anonymous IP address | ✅ |
Atypical travel | ✅ |
Anomalous Token | ✅ |
Token Issuer Anomaly | ✅ |
Malware linked IP address | ✅ |
Suspicious browser | ✅ |
Unfamiliar sign-in properties | ✅ |
Admin confirmed user compromised | ✅ |
Malicious IP address | ✅ |
Suspicious inbox manipulation rules | ✅ |
Password spray | ✅ |
Impossible travel | ✅ |
New country | ✅ |
Activity from anonymous IP address | ✅ |
Suspicious inbox forwarding | ✅ |
Additional risk detected | ✅ |
HR provisioning apps
HR-provisioning app | Availability |
---|---|
Workday to Azure AD User Provisioning | ✅ |
Workday Writeback | ✅ |
SuccessFactors to Azure AD User Provisioning | ✅ |
SuccessFactors to Writeback | ✅ |
Provisioning agent configuration and registration with Gov cloud tenant | Works with special undocumented command-line invocation: AADConnectProvisioningAgent.Installer.exe ENVIRONMENTNAME=AzureUSGovernment |
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