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

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

This attribute shows the minimum length of passwords. Users’ passwords must contain the minimum number of characters as defined by this attribute.

CN ms-DS-Minimum-Password-Length
Ldap-Display-Name msDS-MinimumPasswordLength
Attribute-Id 1.2.840.113556.1.4.2013
System-Id-Guid b21b3439-4c3a-441c-bb5f-08f20e9b315e

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

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