To enable or disable password complexity requirements in an Active Directory environment, you should do the following:
- Open the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC).
- Navigate to the Organizational Unit (OU) used to control password complexity settings.
- In the right pane of the GPMC, select the password policy which you wish to modify.
- Select the
Computer Configuration
>Windows Settings
>Security Settings.
- Select
Account Policies
>Password Policy.
- Enable or disable the policy option that enforces complexity requirement.
- Click
OK
to save your configuration changes.
