Follow these steps to create and apply a fine-grained password and account lock-out policy in the Active Directory Administrative Center:
- Open the Active Directory Administrative Center (dsac.exe).
- In the left navigation window, switch to Tree view.
- Navigate to the Password Settings Container under the System container:
- Right-click the Password Settings Container and select New and then Password Settings from the menu.
The Create Password Settings screen appears.
- In the Create Password Settings screen, in the Password Settings section, fill in values for the Name and Precedence fields.