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Password Policies and Active Directory Password History

In previous releases, if a user tried to reuse an old password as new, the Policy Server could not interpret the Active Directory error code. As a result, the Policy Server returned a general password failure message. The user was not informed that the old password could not be reused.

Password Services is enhanced to recognize the error code that Active Directory sends when a password cannot be reused. As a result, the Policy Server can return the password reuse message.

Consider the following:

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Enable Password Change Failure Messages