3.0 Managing Passwords by Using Password Policies

You can use password policies to increase security by setting rules for how users create their passwords. You can also decrease help desk costs by providing users with self-service options for forgotten passwords and for resetting passwords.

The following is discussed in this section:

Section 3.1, Overview of Password Policy Features
Section 3.2, Planning for Password Policies
Section 3.3, Prerequisite Tasks for Using Password Policies
Section 3.4, Creating Password Policies
Section 3.5, Assigning Password Policies to Users
Section 3.6, Finding Out Which Policy a User Has
Section 3.7, Setting A User's Password
Section 3.8, Troubleshooting Password Policies

For information on Forgotten Password Self-Service and Reset Password Self-Service, see Section 4.0, Password Self-Service.