Implementing account policies

In the previous section, you learned how you could open the Local Security Editor to configure Local Policies to the user or computer. In the Local Security Editor, you can also configure Account Policies within this Local Security Editor.

Important Note

These policies only work for local accounts and not for Microsoft accounts.

With the Account Policies, you can configure policies such as password policies and account lockout policies.

Configuring a Password Policy

If you want to ensure that all users on a local device use secure passwords and these are changed after several days, you can configure a Password Policy. Follow the next steps to configure a Password Policy:

1. Click Start and type Secpol.msc.
2. Click on Local Security Policy.
3. In the Local Security Policy window, click on the Account Policies | Password Policy tab:

   Figure 6.9 - The password policies settings

4. We first double-click on Enforce password history.
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