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\n Connor Jones<\/a><\/span>
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17 May, 2019<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Microsoft Azure has increased the character limit for passwords in Azure Active Directory from 16 to a massive 256 characters, making brute force hack attempts much more difficult.<\/p>\n

It seems to be a hot topic for Azure customers who have been reminding Microsoft<\/a> of its seemingly unsatisfactorily small limit for passwords.<\/p>\n

“Many of you have been reminding us that we still have a 16-character password limit for accounts created in Azure AD,” said Microsoft’s Alex Simons. “While our on-premises Windows AD allows longer passwords and passphrases, we previously didn’t have support for this for cloud user accounts in Azure AD.”<\/p>\n

“Today, I am pleased to announce that we have changed this limit, allowing you to set a password with up to 256 characters, including spaces,” he added.<\/p>\n

Passwords must still meet three out of the four essential criteria as set out in Microsoft’s policy documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n