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Password Policies in Windows Server 2016

Hi Folks:

Relatively new to working with Windows Server. Setting up small office with only about 6 users. Can I set a password policy whereby the first time the user logs on they are required to change the default password I have given them, yet after that initial change by the user the password will not expire?

Regards, Dave Melnyk

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Cliff Galiher

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d_melnyk

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Not sure if I am looking in the same spot, but if I check off password never expires when creating the user, then before I can save the user I get an error if the checkbox for "User must change password at next logon" is also checked ... will let me have only one or the other? Am I missing something?

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d_melnyk

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This seems like the easiest way of handling this as I am setting up the server offsite, but will be on-site when they all login first time so I can adjust the password settings to "never expires" . Know this is a risk, but this is a small shop (6 users) and they only need Windows Server in order to run a particular piece of software, otherwise they would have been happy with their exiting Peer to peer network!

Note: Have awarded the points as such as I feel that everyone who responds deserves some credit for taking the time to answer my question in some way whether it is ultimately the successful answer or not.

Best regards, Dave Melnyk