Domain User Cannot Change Password Complexity
Our policy under default domain security settings is as such.
Domain user cannot change password complexity. Reply ben on july 21 2020 at 8 28 pm. If you need to create separate password policies for different user groups you must use the fine grained password policies that appeared in the ad version of windows server 2008. Pw history 2 days max pw age 90 min pw age 2 min pw length 6 complexity enabled rvs encryption. I should also mention the the domain.
The account name and full name are parsed for delimiters. More info on user cannot change password to complexity requirements. Commas periods dashes or hyphens underscores spaces pound signs and tabs. The password policy gpo settings are applied to all domain computers not users.
This security setting determines the least number of characters that a password for a user account may contain. For example user1 password doesn t expire until 9 1 and you change the policy on 8 10 user1 would would remain unchanged until 9 1 when its password expires. It can set a value of between 1 and 20 characters or you can establish that no password is required by setting the number of characters to 0. We have the default domain policy linked at the root of the domain but is not enforced.
You can apply your gpo on all the ous except on the. And was never used before. The password used for testing was 12345qwerty. This security setting.
In group policy management editor open computer configuration windows settings security settings account policies password policy and make the changes there. Password must meet complexity requirements. I checked ad and the user account does not have user cannot change password ticked. One thing that most people forget is that when complexity is enabled the password cannot contain the user s entire account name or entire full name.
We have password complexity enabled in the default domain policy. It is working for local users on the workstations themselves but it is not working for domain users. Click here to fix windows errors and optimize system performance.