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Enable complex password in Active Directory

Hello,

We need to enable complex password in our small organization.  I am creating a test GPO:

Computer Configuration/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Account Policies/Password Policy

and enable complex password, max password age 90 days, min password age 30 days, 8 characters.

How do I configure such that when the user login next time, they need to change to a complex password?

Another important question, we have a lot of service accounts and we cannot change their passwords to a complex password overnight.  How can this be avoided in the first round which is to change the users first?

Our AD is in 2008.  

Thanks.
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Thanks, all.

Would someone please elaborate how to do "user must change password in the next logon" in GPO?

I am not 100% in that.

Thanks.
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