On February 3, 2026, Microsoft will sunset support for Dynamics 365 Fraud Protection (DFP), prompting enterprises to evaluate new fraud prevention strategies. Akamai Account Protector (APR) continues to offer trusted device fingerprints and risk scores, but Azure Active Directory B2C (B2C) does not propagate APR’s risk score header downstream. Risk Query bridges this gap with a lightweight, distributed key-value service that enables APR to write and B2C to read, restoring fraud protection logic.
Challenges
Header Restrictions
Azure AD B2C permits only a fixed set of headers in its Identity Experience Framework (IEF), blocking APR’s score.
Looming DFP Retirement
With DFP feature development ending and end-of-life announced, brands need a replacement that works within B2C architectures.
Risk Query Solution
Risk Query provides an integration path between APR and B2C, bypassing header restrictions. Akamai injects fraud scores into a secure high-speed Harper key-value store. B2C reads them using native HTTP policy calls.
Outcomes
Zero Disruption – keep fraud controls after DFP retirement.
Sub-100 ms User Experience – no noticeable latency added to login flow.
Days-not-months Migration – drop-in REST calls; no schema work.
Edge Powered – distributed deployments provide global performance.
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