I am running a Windows 2008 R2 AD environment and have "Complex passwords" GPO enabled. I need to know if there is a list of all the non-alphabetic characters that can be used in an AD complex password. If not can someone tell me if the following list of characters is OK: ! (exclamation point), % (percent sign), * (asterisk), + (plus sign), - (dash or minus sign), ? (question mark), _ (underscore) I need to have chacters that are accepted by both AD and SUN's directory services. Thanks.

The article below should help you on that: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc756109(WS.10).aspx Also applies to 2008. HTH, Yuri Diogenes [MSFT] - http://blogs.technet.com/yuridiogenes

Hi malguire, All the characters you listed can be used for AD complex password. For more information, please refer to: Passwords must meet complexity requirements http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786468(WS.10).aspx Hope this helps. Regards, BruceThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.