Active Directory Domain Services 2008 How-To

Chapter 11. Manage Fine-Grained Password and Account Lockout Policies

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• Create Password Settings Objects

• Delete Password Settings Objects

• View Settings Defined in Password Settings Objects

• Modify Settings Defined in Password Settings Objects

• Apply a Password Settings Object to Users and Security Groups

• Modify the Precedence for Password Settings Objects

• View the Resultant Password Settings Objects for a User or Group

• Create Shadow Groups

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Fine-grained password and account lockout policies are a new feature in Windows Server 2008. Fine-grained password policies allow you to define multiple password policies to different sets of users in a domain. Fine-grained account lockout policies allow you to define multiple ...