STIGQter: STIG Summary: Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 23 Sep 2025:

If DBMS authentication using passwords is employed, Azure SQL Managed Instance must enforce the DOD standards for password complexity and lifetime.

DISA Rule

SV-276303r1150104_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-276303

Group Title

SRG-APP-000164-DB-000401

Rule Version

MSQL-D0-007900

Severity

CAT I

CCI(s)

• CCI-003627 - Disable accounts when the accounts have expired.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Ensure check of policy and expiration are enforced when SQL logins are created.

Use the command below to set CHECK_EXPIRATION and CHECK_POLICY to on for any login found to be noncompliant:

ALTER LOGIN [LoginnameHere] WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION=ON; ALTER LOGIN [LoginNameHere] WITH CHECK_POLICY=ON;

New SQL authenticated logins must be created with CHECK_EXPIRATION and CHECK_POLICY set to ON.
CREATE LOGIN [LoginNameHere] WITH PASSWORD = 'ComplexPasswordHere', CHECK_EXPIRATION = ON, CHECK_POLICY = ON;

Check Contents

Check for use of SQL Authentication:

SELECT CASE SERVERPROPERTY('IsIntegratedSecurityOnly')
WHEN 1 THEN 'Windows Authentication'
WHEN 0 THEN 'SQL Authentication'
END as [Authentication Mode]

If the returned value in the Authentication Mode column is "Windows Authentication", this is not a finding.

Azure SQL Managed Instance must be configured to inherit password complexity and password lifetime rules from the operating system.

Review Azure SQL Managed Instance to ensure logons are created with respect to the complexity settings and password lifetime rules by running the statement:

SELECT
[name],
is_expiration_checked,
is_policy_checked
FROM
sys.sql_logins
WHERE
is_disabled = 0

Review any accounts returned by the query other than the disabled SA account, ##MS_PolicyTsqlExecutionLogin##, and ##MS_PolicyEventProcessingLogin##.

If any account does not have both "is_expiration_checked" and "is_policy_checked" equal to "1", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-276303

Documentable

False

Rule Version

MSQL-D0-007900

Severity Override Guidance

Check for use of SQL Authentication:

SELECT CASE SERVERPROPERTY('IsIntegratedSecurityOnly')
WHEN 1 THEN 'Windows Authentication'
WHEN 0 THEN 'SQL Authentication'
END as [Authentication Mode]

If the returned value in the Authentication Mode column is "Windows Authentication", this is not a finding.

Azure SQL Managed Instance must be configured to inherit password complexity and password lifetime rules from the operating system.

Review Azure SQL Managed Instance to ensure logons are created with respect to the complexity settings and password lifetime rules by running the statement:

SELECT
[name],
is_expiration_checked,
is_policy_checked
FROM
sys.sql_logins
WHERE
is_disabled = 0

Review any accounts returned by the query other than the disabled SA account, ##MS_PolicyTsqlExecutionLogin##, and ##MS_PolicyEventProcessingLogin##.

If any account does not have both "is_expiration_checked" and "is_policy_checked" equal to "1", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5711