How does LAPS work?
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How does LAPS work ?
Microsoft’s LAPS is a useful tool for automatically managing Windows computer local Administrator passwords. LAPS stores the password for each computer’s local administrator account in Active Directory, secured in a confidential attribute in the computer’s corresponding Active Directory object.
LAPS helps to reduce the workload and help local administrator or desktop team to manage local administrator password in active directory for a number of machines.
The core of the LAPS solution is a GPO client-side extension (CSE) that performs the following tasks and can enforce the following actions during a GPO update:
• Checks whether the password of the local Administrator account has expired.
• Generates a new password when the old password is either expired or is required to be changed prior to expiration.
• Validates the new password against the password policy.
• Reports the password to Active Directory, storing it with a confidential attribute with the computer account in Active Directory.
• Reports the next expiration time for the password to Active Directory, storing it with an attribute with the computer account in Active Directory.
• Changes the password of the Administrator account.
The password then can be read from Active Directory by users who are allowed to do so. Eligible users can request a password change for a computer.
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