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*This article only applies to version 7.4 to 7.12* In version 7.13 of Password Policy, the mechanism for sending mail from Password Policy via the Breached Password Protection Cloud API has been deprecated. The steps below outline how to switch from the Online Service to SMTP. *Note SMTP option was added in version 7.4* 1....

For the initial policy Create your policy you will use for this policy and tag the policy where you would like it applied within the Active Directory structure. The security filtering will be Authenticated users which for most cases is fine: For an additional policy Create your policy you will use for this policy and...

This may happen when you upgrade from an older version to 7.11 and import the new Continuous Scan license file. To fix: Launch Active Directory Users and Computers and ensure these 2 options are checked: Then navigate under the System>Specops>Password Policy folder and delete the licensing folder: From there, launch Specops Password Policy domain administration...

How do I upgrade password policy steps are as below: 1.Navigate to https://specopssoft.com/support/en/password-policy/download.htm and download the file 2. Save and Run the Setup Assistant locally to a machine where you administer Group Policy. The setup files will be extracted to the C:\Temp directory by default. 3.Double click SpecopsPasswordPolicy.Setup.exe to launch the Setup Assistant. 4. The setup assistant...

This is useful if you are applying it to a wide scope of a domain, but rather than exclude an OU, you can choose to exclude by a Security group. If you have a security group in mind you can use that one or create one in Active Directory Users and Computes. You will then...