Re: Password Policy in Windows Server 2003

On Thu, 12 May 2005 05:21:02 -0700, a wrote:

> Just a quick question:
> Can you set Password and Account Policies OU level or they have to be set in
> the Default Domain Policies?
> Microsoft Press Readiness Review Suite confused me, they say you cannot set
> Password Policies at OU level but I tried to add a Group Policy to an OU and
> I was beable to set these settings. Will the Domain Policies overwrite them?

Password policies are only relevant at the domain level. You
can set them at other levels (such as a GPO assigned to an OU or site),
but these settings will be ignored. If you want two sets of users to have
different password policies, you'll need to put them in different domains.

Orin
http://www.certtutor.net

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