What are all the password policies that will apply when resetting a password and changing a password of a domain user?

what password policies apply when resetting password , changing password of domain user?

lets have defined 6 settings of password policy. when domain user changes his/her password, password policies new password should adhere to?

when administrator resets password of domain user, password policies new password should adhere to?

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thanks , regards, radhakrishnan

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if have password policy applied @ domain level password policy be, default, applied on domain users. of set settings applied!

note can not apply multiple password policies linking multiple ones multiple ous. however, since windows server 2008 dfl, able apply multiple password policies using ad ds-fine grained password policies. details here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770394%28v=ws.10%29.aspx

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