Passwords must meet complexity requirements Print

This security setting determines whether passwords must meet complexity requirements.

Passwords must meet the following minimum requirements when they are changed or created:

• Can not contain the username
• Contain characters from three of the following five categories: 
  
  
  • English uppercase characters (A through Z)
    
    
  • English lowercase characters (a through z)
    
    
  • Base 10 digits (0 through 9)
    
    
  • Non-alphabetic characters (for example, !, $, #, %)
    
    
  • A catch-all category of any Unicode character that does not fall under the previous four categories. This fifth category can be regionally specific.