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Windows 11 for Enterprise Administrators

You're reading from   Windows 11 for Enterprise Administrators Unleash the power of Windows 11 with effective techniques and strategies

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804618592
Length 286 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Manuel Singer Manuel Singer
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: Windows 11 – Installation and Upgrading 2. Chapter 2: Introduction to PowerShell FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Configuration and Customization 4. Chapter 4: User Account Administration 5. Chapter 5: Tools to Manage Windows 11 6. Chapter 6: Device Management 7. Chapter 7: Accessing Enterprise Data in BYOD and CYOD Scenarios 8. Chapter 8: Windows 11 Security 9. Chapter 9: Advanced Configurations 10. Chapter 10: Windows 11 21H2 and 22H2 Changes (versus Windows 10) 11. Index 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating policies to control local accounts

If you enable local admin accounts, for users who require them, you should also enforce a set of policies to ensure the local accounts have strong authentication standards. On domain-joined computers, Group Policy can be used to specify the settings of the local account policy, which contains two subsets:

  • Password policy: These policy settings determine the controls for local account passwords, such as enforcement and lifetimes
  • Account lockout policy: These policy settings determine the circumstances and length of time for which an account will be locked out of the system when the password is entered incorrectly

Password policy

The password policy enforces specific values that control how often the password is changed, how complex it is, and whether users can reuse old passwords. The default values are shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 4.2 – Local Security Policy’s password policy

Figure 4.2 – Local Security Policy’s password...

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