ADDomainDefaultPasswordPolicy

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
DomainName	Key	String	Name of the domain to which the password policy will be applied.
ComplexityEnabled	Write	Boolean	Whether password complexity is enabled for the default password policy.
Credential	Write	PSCredential	Credentials used to access the domain.
DomainController	Write	String	Active Directory domain controller to enact the change upon.
LockoutDuration	Write	UInt32	Length of time that an account is locked after the number of failed login attempts (minutes).
LockoutObservationWindow	Write	UInt32	Maximum time between two unsuccessful login attempts before the counter is reset to 0 (minutes).
LockoutThreshold	Write	UInt32	Number of unsuccessful login attempts that are permitted before an account is locked out.
MaxPasswordAge	Write	UInt32	Maximum length of time that you can have the same password (minutes).
MinPasswordAge	Write	UInt32	Minimum length of time that you can have the same password (minutes).
MinPasswordLength	Write	UInt32	Minimum number of characters that a password must contain.
PasswordHistoryCount	Write	UInt32	Number of previous passwords to remember.
ReversibleEncryptionEnabled	Write	Boolean	Whether the directory must store passwords using reversible encryption.

Description

The ADDomainDefaultPasswordPolicy DSC resource will manage an Active Directory domain's default password policy.

Requirements

• Target machine must be running Windows Server 2008 R2 or later.

Examples

Example 1

This configuration will set an Active Directory domain's default password policy to set the minimum password length and complexity.

Configuration ADDomainDefaultPasswordPolicy_ConfigureDefaultPasswordPolicy_Config
{
    Param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.String]
        $DomainName,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.Boolean]
        $ComplexityEnabled,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.Int32]
        $MinPasswordLength
    )

    Import-DscResource -Module ActiveDirectoryDsc

    Node localhost
    {
        ADDomainDefaultPasswordPolicy 'DefaultPasswordPolicy'
        {
            DomainName        = $DomainName
            ComplexityEnabled = $ComplexityEnabled
            MinPasswordLength = $MinPasswordLength
        }
    }
}