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Password policies are Domain level policies. 
 
You cannot set a different password policy at an OU level. &nbsp;(Well, you *can* but it has no effect.) 
 
See the following KB article: 
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;269236" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;269236</a> 
 
Dave Dietz
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Password policies are Domain level policies.

You cannot set a different password policy at an OU level.  (Well, you *can* but it has no effect.)

See the following KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;269236 [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;269236]

Dave Dietz

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How do you set up two differnent password policies on two different OUs 
 
Here is what I have tried with no success. 
 
OU called admins 
OU called nonadmins 
 
Example 
admin 
Password complexity enabled 
minimum charitors 8 
 
nonadmins 
Password complexity disable 
minimum characters 4 
 
Default domain policy 
password complexity disable 
minimum characters 1 
 
 
 
When I run a GP modeling in GPMC I get the following and this is will blocking inherence on each OU 
 
password complexity disabled &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; default domain policy 
minimum characters &nbsp;1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;default domain policy 
 
 
No matter what I do it does not work. does anyone have any suggestions. Maybe I am missing a simple step. 

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How do you set up two differnent password policies on two different OUs

Here is what I have tried with no success.

OU called admins
OU called nonadmins

Example
admin 
Password complexity enabled
minimum charitors 8

nonadmins
Password complexity disable
minimum characters 4

Default domain policy
password complexity disable
minimum characters 1



When I run a GP modeling in GPMC I get the following and this is will blocking inherence on each OU

password complexity disabled                                 default domain policy
minimum characters  1                                              default domain policy


No matter what I do it does not work. does anyone have any suggestions. Maybe I am missing a simple step.


Password Group Policies

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).