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tyler-picknik
Jan 15, 2021Copper Contributor
Maximum password size is arbitarily small
As someone who uses a password manager and recently signed up for a teams account I was frustrated that the generated password from my password manager was "too long". How is this a thing? I've nev...
LinusCansby
Jan 16, 2021MVP
tyler-picknik If you use the payed version of Teams you will use Azure Active Directory for your accounts and then the maximum length is 256 characters. I Teams free you use a Microsoft Account to sign in (same as Outlook.com) and then the limit is 16 characters.
What is the maximum length of password in Windows 10? (thewindowsclub.com)
Instead of having a long password Microsoft recommends to have a complex password together with MFA for Microsoft Accounts.
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