Local Administrator Password Solution from Microsoft

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Microsoft has released Local Ambassador Countersign Solution. LAPs volition provide a solution to the issue of using a common local account with an identical password on every Windows calculator in a domain, by setting up a random, different password for the common local administrator business relationship on every computer in the domain.

Local Administrator Password Solution

The Local Ambassador Password Solution (LAPS) provides management of local account passwords of domain-joined computers. Passwords are stored in Active Directory (Ad) and protected by ACL, so only eligible users can read it or asking its reset.

This solution automatically manages local administrator passwords on domain-joined computers, so that the countersign is:

Unique on each managed computer
Randomly generated
Securely stored in Advertisement infrastructure.

Its features include:

Security:

Random password that changes automatically regularly
Password is protected during the ship via Kerberos encryption
Countersign is protected in AD past Advertisement ACL
Effective mitigation of Laissez passer-the-hash attack

Manageability:

Configurable countersign parameters: age, complication, length
Ability to force password reset
Security model integrated with AD ACLs
Terminate use UI can exist any AD direction tools of option,
PowerShell and Fat client are provided
Protection confronting calculator business relationship deletion
Easy implementation and minimal footprint

Extensibility:

Additional encryption of password stored in AD
Countersign history
Web UI.

Domain administrators who use this solution tin can decide which users, such as helpdesk administrators, are authorized to read passwords.

Once you have downloaded the zip file for your system, viz. 32-flake or 64-bit, from Microsoft Download Center, extract them from the Installers.null to a folder. There will be two files, AdmPwd.Setup.x64.msi and AdmPwd.Setup.x86.msi. You may also want to download the LAPS Datasheet, Operations Guide and Technical Specifications documents, equally it gives a lot of information on how to utilise them too. If you need additional information, visit Microsoft.

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