Hi Eric;

My understanding is that the details of the COMPLEXITY REQUIREMENTS (i.e. upper case, lower case, numeric,…) are not editable. I have argued with Microsoft Partner support and Beta teams on every version of Windows since 2000 about this. It makes no sense to me that I can only turn CR on or off. That is not granular enough. I should be able to set the complexity requirements to (say) 8 characters with one upper case… but that is not the case.

However, I have not verified with Microsoft Office 365 Support since their recent upgrades (i.e. to Exchange 2013) and so it MAY be possible now. I would just call and ask.

You can also ask about blocking the web-portal at the same time.

If you find out anything interesting, I would appreciate it if you would post your findings.

Thanks and have a great day.

I love the tip, but here’s a question I’m willing to bet has caused many others some strife: How does one CHANGE the O365 password complexity requirements? Or, even better, the min/max password length?

I like the idea of 8-16 chars, but I prefer 16 minimum. In fact… I require it. I can live with the complexity requirements, although they aren’t very passphrase friendly (workarounds notwithstanding).

And for anyone else reading this… anyone know how to block user access to the portal, but allow them to get email via a thick client and/or activesync?

Back to banging my head against the wall. One of them will crack open sooner or later.

.ew