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By popular demand: Windows LAPS available now!

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JaySimmons
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Apr 11, 2023
Welcome to the new and improved Windows LAPS! That's Local Administrator Password Solution. We've been listening to your feedback and requests, and the day is finally here for both cloud and on-premi...
Updated Nov 09, 2023
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Jan 29, 2024

Hi Karl Wester-Ebbinghaus - thanks for the kind words.

These improvements are implemented using a combination of code + associated policy settings (GCP, CSP\Intune). So you definitely need the Insider build to test these out.

If you apply any of the new settings to a current in-market OS (Win11\Win10\WS2022\WS2019), the new settings will be either ignored (all of the AutomaticAccount* settings) or reverted to a supported setting (PasswordComplexity).

One of the new features (image rollback detection) does require an on-premises AD schema update (re-run the Update-LapsADSchema cmdlet), but nothing will break if you forget to update the schema. See the following doc topic:

 

Windows LAPS OS image rollback detection and mitigation

I have no comments to make right now on backporting. I don't blame anyone for asking, but please realize that these features are literally "hot off the presses", so talking about backporting is premature. I welcome any and all customer feedback on whether the new features are solving the intended scenarios, feature quality, etc. Such feedback data will help us make future decisions.

thanks,
Jay