Expansion of the password character limit in Azure AD

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Published

May 14, 2019

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • May 2019
    General Availability

Product

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)

Tag

Features
Security

Category

Identity

Description

Previously, accounts created in Azure AD had a 16 character password limit while those created in Windows Server Active Directory had a longer limit. Now, the Azure AD accounts can have passwords up to 256 characters including spaces.

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