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Active Directory Attributes » Active Directory password attribute: ms-DS-Minimum-Password-Age

Active Directory password attribute: ms-DS-Minimum-Password-Age

This attribute shows the minimum age of passwords. When minimum age is enabled in the domain password policy, users have to wait for the minimum password age to pass before they can change their passwords again.

CN ms-DS-Minimum-Password-Age
Ldap-Display-Name msDS-MinimumPasswordAge
Attribute-Id 1.2.840.113556.1.4.2012
System-Id-Guid 2a74f878-4d9c-49f9-97b3-6767d1cbd9a3

For more details about this attribute, refer to this Microsoft document.

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