Domain Controller Password Policy Settings

Password policies are located in the following gpo section.

Domain controller password policy settings. Do one of the following. Ad is hard coded to directly check the gpo which contains account settings that is enabled. Now navigate to computer configuration policies windows settings security settings account policies password policy. Get the default domain password policy from the logged on user domain.

The way the password policy works is that this gpo and the settings contained within this gpo configure the domain controllers dcs and the active directory databases located on them. Right click it and select edit. Double click account policies to edit the password policy account lockout policy or kerberos policy. Security settings policy processing.

Expand your domain and find the gpo named default domain policy. This is done to keep those settings synchronized across all domain controllers in the domain. This password policy is configured by group policy and linked to the root of the domain. To open the domain controller security policy in the console tree locate grouppolicyobject computername policy click computer configuration click windows settings and then click security settings.

To view the password policy follow these steps. Failing that check the local policy on one or more of the domain controllers. This command gets the default domain password policy from current logged on user domain. Merging of security policies on domain controllers.

Open the group policy management console 2. The following security options are merged. Right click the default domain policy and click edit. Expand domains your domain then group policy objects.

Double click a policy setting to edit it. This ensures that the members of the domain have a consistent experience regardless of which domain controller they use to log on. Edit the domain password policy gpo and go to computer configurations policies windows settings security settings account policy password policy and configured the password. Computer configuration policies windows settings security settings account policies password policy.

Instead create a new gpo at the domain level and set it to override the default settings in the default policies. Password policies kerberos and some security options are only merged from gpos that are linked at the root level on the domain. Specifies the authentication method to use. Here s the thing though the password policy could still be using the default domain policy for its settings as it does not strictly follow the normal gpo processing logic.

Do not modify the default domain policy or default domain controller policy unless necessary. Click local policies to edit the audit policy a user rights assignment or security options. This command gets the default domain password policy objects from all the domains in the forest.