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LAPS now has passphrases, better readability & more
LAPS in Canary Channel gets rollback detection and other improvements
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Published onJanuary 29, 2024
published onJanuary 29, 2024
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Windows LAPS is a feature that automatically manages and backs up passwords of local administrator accounts.
With the latestWindows 11 Insider Preview Build 26040this feature was enhanced with some new features, so let’s take a closer look at them, shall we?
Automatic account management and other improvements are now available in LAPS
New automatic account management
With this new change, users can now configure LAPS to automatically create a managed local account. Additional features include:
Improved password readability
Thanks to the changes to the PasswordComplexity setting, you can generate passwords that are less confusing to type.
By setting its value to 5, certain characters that are hard to distinguish won’t be used anymore thus improving password readability.
It’s also worth noting that the LAPS tab now uses a different font that is easier to read, thus minimizing the chance of any confusion.
Passphrase support is now available
LAPS can now generate passphrases that might be easier for users to remember than traditional passwords.
You can now configure the PasswordComplexity policy and choose between long words, short words with unique prefixes, and short words for your passphrase. Of course, you can also set how many words the passphrase will use.
It’s also worth mentioning that the passphrase feature is supported when backing up passwords to Windows Server Active Directory or Microsoft Entra ID.
Image rollback detection feature
LAPS can now detect when an image rollback occurs and it can prevent issues with Active Directory not matching the password hash that is stored locally on the device.
To prevent this, there’s now an Active Directory attribute msLAPS-CurrentPasswordVersion added to the Windows LAPS schema that checks the stored hash values to the local copies.
This feature isn’t available by default, and to enable it users need to run the latest version of Update-LapsADSchema PowerShell cmdlet.
This new build brings some much-needed improvements to LAPS that should make password and user management simpler than before.
Besides LAPS improvements, the new build brings aredesigned Windows Setup Experienceas well assupport for 80Gbps USB, so don’t miss it.
More about the topics:LAPS,Windows Insider Program
Milan Stanojevic
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Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.
Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.
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Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.
