In many organizations with account lock-out policies enabled, the number of passwords that can be mistyped is set to a high value, such as 50, and then the lock-out period is set to indefinitely. This way, a locked-out account hinders the productivity of the colleague, since he or she can't sign in until the account is unlocked. Manual unlocks need to be performed to enable the colleague to sign in again.
Unlocking a user
Getting ready
To modify user accounts, you should sign in to a domain controller or a member server and/or device with the RSAT for Active Directory Domain Services installed.
Sign in with an account that is a member of the Domain Admins group, the Account Operators group or with an account that is delegated...
