How To Change Password Policy In Windows Home Server 2011 Vail

User Password Policy is always an important feature in servers. Password policies also hold great importance for network security, however, not everyone requires Microsoft’s default complicated password policy and it can be a bit difficult for beginners to understand the method involved in changing it. In this post I will tell you how to change the Password Policy of user accounts in Windows Home Server 2011 (Vail). This will allow you to keep simple passwords and remove the compulsion to use capital letters and digits which can make the password difficult to remember.

Open the Dashboard, go to the Users tab, select Set The Password Policy .

From here, you can change the password policy in order to get rid of the default complicated password restriction by moving the slider to select lower security level of password policy . Click Change Policy for the changes to take effect.

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