Where to modify password complexity policy in office 365?

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Where to modify password complexity policy in office 365?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

adam deltinger · Answer

Duplicate thread! But I’ll post my answer here as well:

Cloud only setup I presume?
See here:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/admin/misc/password-policy-recommendations?view=o365-worldwide

Also using MFA is recommended to ensure further protection

tcost · Answer

adam deltinger&nbsp; This link only shows the Microsoft recommendations and another link to change a password expiration date. There is nothing on where the complexity settings are changed. It appears Teams inherits the core MS password complexity requirements and, at least for a non-profit tenant, there is no way to change them.

mcb2k3 · Answer

There actually is a link there, if you go to the left-hand sidebar and rummage around. The page I wound up at (eventually) was:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/add-users/strong-password
The page title is "Turn off strong password requirements for users"

richardnent · Answer

mcb2k3&nbsp;&nbsp;This only instructs us how to disable strong password requirements for users. How do we fine tune the password complexity of an Office 365 user? For example, we would like to set the same policy for our Office 365 users as we have for our synced AD users.

fergust · Answer

Richard, did you ever figure this out. I've gone around in the same circles you have.

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