Microsoft Defender for Identity
Identity protection

Integrate Microsoft And Pam Services

In brief

The page now refers to Microsoft Defender instead of Microsoft Defender XDR for automatic PAM-managed identity tagging and password resets for high-risk privileged accounts.

What Defender admins need to know

Use the updated Microsoft Defender terminology when locating these PAM integration capabilities.

Summaries are generated from the documentation change itself.

Documentation change

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Reset password

Once PAM integration is enabled, Microsoft Defender XDR automatically tags identities managed by your PAM solution, providing critical context during investigations.

Additionally, you can initiate a password reset for high-risk privileged accounts directly from the Microsoft Defender XDR console. This action uses the connected PAM system.

To reset a password: