What is max password length allowed in Windows 2016 Active Directory Policy?

Patrick Castor 26 Reputation points
2020-06-25T19:06:38.683+00:00

Pen Test recommends setting user passwords to min of 12, Users with Domain Admin access rights to min of 16 and Service Accounts to Min of 20.

Is this possible in Windows 2016 AD Group policy?

A saw a reference that said max is 14 but have not seen any Microsoft Learn that state that.

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  1. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2020-06-25T19:48:13.073+00:00

    Still applies but also note on premise Server 2016 is not supported on QnA. They're actively answering question in dedicated forums here.
    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/home?forum=ws2016

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  1. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2020-06-25T19:28:13.423+00:00

    Looks like 256 chars
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/concept-sspr-policy

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