In the land of , there was a quiet village of Hybrid Users . For years, these villagers lived in two worlds: their ancestral home, the On-Premises Active Directory , and the shining city in the clouds, Azure .
Specifically, the string: cloudpasswordpolicyforpasswordsyncedusersenabled maps to a setting in or Entra ID protection policies that determines whether cloud-based password policies (like Entra ID password protection) are applied to users whose passwords originate from on-prem Active Directory.
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "Policy.ReadWrite.AuthenticationMethod" Get-MgPolicyAuthenticationMethodPolicy | Select-Object -ExpandProperty AdditionalProperties cloudpasswordpolicyforpasswordsyncedusersenabled
They reached for the legendary scroll and invoked the ancient command: CloudPasswordPolicyForPasswordSyncedUsersEnabled = $true .
If the setting returns False or is not present, you can enable it using PowerShell: In the land of , there was a quiet village of Hybrid Users
# If the setting object does not exist (rare in modern tenants), a new one must be created using a template else Where-Object $_.DisplayName -eq "Password Rule Settings" $NewSetting = @ TemplateId = $Template.Id Values = @( @Name="CloudPasswordPolicyForPasswordSyncedUsersEnabled"; Value="True" )
It looks like you’re referencing an setting related to cloud password policy for users with passwords synced from on-premises . Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "Policy
Once activated via Microsoft Graph PowerShell, the mechanism changes user provisioning behavior: