Windows Administration Resource Kit: Productivity Solutions for IT Professionals

10-3: Implement Your Organization's Password and Account Lockout Policies

Solution overview

Type of solution	Guidance and tools
Features and tools	The Default Domain Policy GPO, account lockout policies, password policies, fine-grained password policies, User_ResultantPSO.hta, Password Policy Basic from Special Operations Software
Solution summary	Modify the settings in the Default Domain GPO to implement your organization's policies regarding passwords and account lockout, and use Windows Server 2008 fine-grained password policies to manage special accounts.
Benefits	Manage account-related policy settings; increase the security of privileged accounts; manage compliance.

Introduction

One of the first policies encountered by and modified by administrators ...