Microsoft announced the configuration baseline settings draft release for Windows 10 v1903 (19H1) and Windows Server v1903, as well as the intention to drop password expiration policies starting with ...

Humans are terrible at passwords. You might think they're rare but recent surveys show that many passwords are just as useful as having no password at all. Some ...

Microsoft admitted today that password-expiration policies are a pointless security measure. Such requirements are "an ancient and obsolete mitigation of very low value," the company wrote in a blog ...

May was a momentous month, which marked a victory for sanity and pragmatism over irrational paranoia. I'm obviously not talking about politics. I'm talking about Microsoft finally -- finally! but ...

There are few things more annoying in the modern world than having to change your password every few months. Experts have long argued that password reset rules do little to actually promote security.

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The current policy of enforcing password changes every 60 days will no longer be a part of Microsoft's baseline security configuration for organizations. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

I hope someone can help me out with this quirk that I'm experiencing.<br><br>A default installation of Win2K AD sets the password expiration policy at 41 or 42 days. About 60 days after the install I ...

Microsoft's recent dropping of its maximum password age default renews the debate over forced password changes. Here's why you should continue to expire passwords. Microsoft’s April 24 decision to ...