Password Requirements - OMCA Network

Password Requirements - OMCA Network

OMCA follows Microsoft Active Director Policy for Network Passwords

Passwords must meet the following complexity requirements
  1. Passwords cannot contain your username (i.e. Smith9j)
  2. Password cannot contain your full name (John Smith)
  3. Passwords must be longer then 10 characters in length
  4. Passwords must contain at least one of the following:
    1. upper-case letter (A through Z)
    2. lower-case letter (a through z)
    3. number (0 through 9)
    4. special characters (for example: !, @, #, $, %, etc.)
OMCA uses many hosted applications that have their own password policies.  If you have questions about other application password policies please contact the Technology Department at support@museumca.org.

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