Microsoft 365 Password complexity requirements

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Microsoft 365 requires that all users using its identity services adhere to their complex password policy requirements.

The table below show their password requirements.

Property Requirements
Characters allowed A – Z
a - z
0 – 9
@ # $ % ^ & * - _ ! + = [ ] { } | \ : ' , . ? / ` ~ " ( ) ; < >
Blank space
Characters not allowed Unicode characters
Password restrictions A minimum of 8 characters and a maximum of 256 characters.
Requires three out of four of the following types of characters:
- Lowercase characters
- Uppercase characters
- Numbers (0-9)
- Symbols (see the previous password restrictions)
Password change history The last password can't be used again when the user changes a password.
Password reset history The last password can be used again when the user resets a forgotten password.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/concept-sspr-policy#azure-ad-password-policies

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Article ID: 146218
Created
Mon 6/19/23 2:44 PM
Modified
Mon 6/19/23 3:32 PM