This topic has not yet been rated - Rate this topic

Modify a Fine-Grained Password Policy

Updated: February 28, 2009

Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to modify a fine-grained password policy.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to modify the minimum password length and password history count of the fine-grained password policy DomainUsersPSO:

Set-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy "DomainUsersPSO" -MinPasswordLength 8 -PasswordHistoryCount 24

Additional information

You can use the following parameters when you set many of the common values that are associated with a fine-grained password policy:

-ComplexityEnabled
-Description
-DisplayName
-LockoutDuration
-LockoutObservationWindow
-LockoutThreshold
-MaxPasswordAge
-MinPasswordAge
-MinPasswordLength
-PasswordHistoryCount
-ReversibleEncryptionEnabled

For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Set-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Set-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy –detailed, and then press ENTER.

Did you find this helpful? Yes No

Not accurate

Not enough depth

Need more code examples

(1500 characters remaining)

Community Additions

ADD