What is the use of Lockout-Threshold attribute in Active Directory

AD Schema Attributes » Lockout-Threshold

Lockout-Threshold

Purpose: This attribute allows you to set the limit for the number of bad or invalid logon attempts that can be allowed before the account is locked out for a specific duration, as specified in the Lockout-Duration attribute.

LDAP display name: lockoutThreshold
CN LockOut-Threshold
Single or multi-valued: Single valued
Data type: Integer (Int32)
Attribute-Id 1.2.840.113556.1.4.73
Classes used in: Domain-Policy, Sam-Domain, Sam-Domain-Base

For more details about this attribute, please refer to this MS document.

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