Password Settings
Configures password parameters Password complexity: which characters are used when generating a new password Default: Large letters + small letters + numbers + special characters Password length Minimum: 8 characters Maximum: 64 characters Default: 14 characters Password age in days Minimum: 1 day (7 days when backup directory is configured to be Azure AD) Maximum: 365 days Default: 30 days Passphrase length Minimum: 3 words Maximum: 10 words Default: 6 words See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2188435 for more information. Passphrase list taken from "Deep Dive: EFF's New Wordlists for Random Passphrases" by Electronic Frontier Foundation, and is used under a CC-BY-3.0 Attribution license. See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2255471 for more information.
Policy Details
- Policy Name
- LAPS_PasswordSettings
- Registry Key
- SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\LAPS
- Supported On
- At least Microsoft Windows 10 or later
- Available Languages
- en-us
Configuration Elements
Password Complexity
Type: enum
- 1 Large letters
- 2 Large letters + small letters
- 3 Large letters + small letters + numbers
- 4 Large letters + small letters + numbers + specials
- 5 Large letters + small letters + numbers + specials (improved readability)
- 6 Passphrase (long words)
- 7 Passphrase (short words)
- 8 Passphrase (short words with unique prefixes)
Password Length
Type: decimal
Default: 14
Password Age (Days)
Type: decimal
Default: 30
Passphrase Length (words)
Type: decimal
Default: 6