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How to disable the Windows Server Password Complexity

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In this post i will explain how to turn off password complexity and about few other policy settings. Steps Search for server manager in windows start menu. Open Server Manager > Tools > Group Policy Management Then expand your domain forest. Under the Domains. Right click Default Domain Policy and Click Edit. Then it will open Group Policy Management Editor. Under Computer Configurations > Policies > windows settings > Security Settings > Account Settings. Select Password Policy.  Now you can see all the settings related to password policy in your Windows Server. For disable password complexity, just open Password must meet complexity requirements. Select Disabled > Apply > OK . Also you can read all the details related to each policy in Explain tab. After that you have to refresh the policy. For that open Command Prompt and type the following command: “ gpupdate /force ” > Hit Enter....

Create Custom Attribute - Active Directory

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In this post i will show you how to create custom attribute in Active Directory and assign in to User class   Before create custom attribute you need to log in to Server using Administrative login. Not regular admin it has to be  Schema Admin. Otherwise   all the option will be disabled.(If you need to add Schema Admin  privileges, follow below steps.) Log in to user as an Administrator. Open Server Manger. Then Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers. Then Select Your Domain > Users and select user.  Then right click on user > Properties  Select Member of tab in properties window  > Add > Advanced  And type  Schema Admin on start with common query. then hit find now button (below screenshot)                         Then Select Schema Admin on search result. Hit OK > then OK again. Now you can create or edit attribute properties. T...