Glossary
SSPR
Self-service password reset — Microsoft Entra ID's feature letting users reset their own passwords.
Self-service password reset (SSPR) lets users reset their own Microsoft 365 passwords without help-desk involvement. Users verify identity using registered authentication methods — Microsoft Authenticator, mobile phone, alternate email, security questions — then set a new password. For hybrid environments, password writeback (configured in Entra Connect or Entra Cloud Sync) syncs the new password back to on-premises Active Directory. Available in all Entra ID tiers for cloud-only accounts; password writeback requires Entra ID P1 (included with Microsoft 365 Business Premium, E3, E5). Combined with combined registration, SSPR and MFA share the same registered methods, registered once.