Policy

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
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category System / LAPS
Policy ID e7494e499a73
Internal name LAPS_PasswordSettings

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\LAPS\PasswordLength
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\LAPS\PasswordAgeDays
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\LAPS\PassphraseLength
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\LAPS\PasswordComplexity

Policy notes

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.

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