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Windows Server 2019 Cookbook - Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Jul 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838987190
Pages 650 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Authors (2):
Mark Henderson Mark Henderson
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Jordan Krause Jordan Krause
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Learning the Interface 2. Chapter 2: Core Infrastructure Tasks 3. Chapter 3: Networking 4. Chapter 4: Working with Certificates 5. Chapter 5: Internet Information Services 6. Chapter 6: Remote Access 7. Chapter 7: Remote Desktop Services 8. Chapter 8: Monitoring and Backup 9. Chapter 9: System Insights 10. Chapter 10: Group Policy 11. Chapter 11: File Services and Data Control 12. Chapter 12: Server Core 13. Chapter 13: Working with Hyper-V 14. Chapter 14: Containers and Docker 15. Chapter 15: Desired State Configuration and Automation 16. Chapter 16: Hardening Your Infrastructure 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using Group Policy to enforce a password policy

In most networks, your password is the only thing that lies between a hacker and access to your network. People will choose bad passwords if we let them. We know this – that's why a lot of websites and companies have password policies such as this: A minimum of 8 characters, one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one special character, and you have to change your password every month. However, modern research tells us that password policies like this are actually detrimental – they force users into creating passwords that are difficult for humans to remember, but are easy for computers to guess.

The best current practices around what constitutes a good password policy changes from time to time, and it is currently different to the default Windows policy. So, let's have a look at how we can change the password policy so that if best current practices change again in the future, we can keep up with the times...

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