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Published inJul 2022
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ISBN-139781803242507
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Sander Berkouwer
Sander Berkouwer
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Sander Berkouwer

Sander Berkouwer calls himself an Active Directory aficionado; he's done everything with Active Directory and Azure AD, including decommissioning. He has been MCSA, MCSE, and MCITP-certified for ages, an MCT for the past 5 years and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) on Directory Services and Enterprise Mobility for over a decade. Sander is also decorated with Veeam Vanguard and VMware vExpert awards for his international cross-platform knowledge, experience and passion. As the CTO at SCCT, Sander leads a team of architects performing many projects, most of them identity-related, throughout Europe.
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Applying fine-grained password and account lockout policies

Active Directory comes with a built-in password policy. Admins can configure stricter password policies and account lockout policies. This way, privileged accounts, such as members of the Domain Admins group, can be configured with more secure password and account lockout settings. This recipe shows how.

Getting ready

To apply fine-grained password and account lockout policies, sign in to a domain controller or a member server and/or device with the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Active Directory Domain Services installed.

Sign in with an account that is a member of the Domain Admins group, or with an account that is delegated to manage fine-grained password and account lockout policies in the domain.

Fine-grained password and account lockout policies require the Windows Server 2008 Domain Functional Level (DFL), or a higher version of the DFL.

How to do it...

This recipe shares two ways to...

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Active Directory Administration Cookbook - Second Edition
Published in: Jul 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803242507

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Sander Berkouwer

Sander Berkouwer calls himself an Active Directory aficionado; he's done everything with Active Directory and Azure AD, including decommissioning. He has been MCSA, MCSE, and MCITP-certified for ages, an MCT for the past 5 years and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) on Directory Services and Enterprise Mobility for over a decade. Sander is also decorated with Veeam Vanguard and VMware vExpert awards for his international cross-platform knowledge, experience and passion. As the CTO at SCCT, Sander leads a team of architects performing many projects, most of them identity-related, throughout Europe.
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