Today we take a closer look at the Microsoft Active Directory in the 2008 native mode. One of the problems that windows administrators often face in the daily business is the setting of password policies for the whole company. Under Windows Server 2003 it was not possible to set more than one policy for the accounts. So from the domain administrator to the user every body needed the same complex password. Under active directory in version 2008 there is a new object type in the schema which is called PSO (password settings object). The only way to create the PSO is in ADSI edit. Click on start and enter “adsiedit.msc”.

Administration, Security password, policy, pso