= Creating a Password Policy with a GPO = **Summary**: How to set a password policy using a gpo. \\ **Date**: Around 2008 \\ **Refactor**: 31 December 2024: Checked links and formatting. \\ {{tag>gpo}} = Password Policy = On Domain Controllers with administrative tools installed: * Go to start -> All Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Group Policy Management * Browse to the Forest -> Domain -> Organizational Unit where you want to apply the policy * Rightclick -> 'Create a GPO in this domain, and link it here': [{{adpasswordpolicy01.jpg}}] \\ * Browse to Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings: [{{adpasswordpolicy02.jpg}}] \\ Edit the 'Password Policy' and the 'Account Lockout Policy' to your needs. Something like this should keep most environments pretty safe: [{{adpasswordpolicy03.jpg}}] \\ [{{adpasswordpolicy04.jpg}}] \\ //This wiki has been made possible by://