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Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS)
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May 1, 2023 1:00 PM

Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS)

by HubSite 365 about John Savill's [MVP]

Principal Cloud Solutions Architect

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Solve handling all those local administrator passwords on Windows forever!

Solve handling all those local administrator passwords on Windows forever!

Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) is a Microsoft tool that helps organizations manage local administrator passwords across an enterprise. It helps organizations ensure that all local administrator accounts have a unique, complex and randomly generated password, stored in a secure central location. LAPS also helps organizations comply with security best practices by providing a way to monitor, report on, and review local administrator passwords. LAPS is an easy-to-use solution for managing local administrator passwords, and is built to integrate with existing Microsoft technologies such as Group Policy and Active Directory.

  • 00:00 - Introduction
  • 00:27 - Identity protection
  • 03:28 - How are machines joined to identity provider
  • 09:19 - The local administrator password
  • 12:56 - Windows LAPS
  • 18:22 - What is required
  • 21:25 - How to enable
  • 37:18 - How to use it!
  • 45:45 - Limiting the scope of password read
  • 50:51 - What is using legacy solution
  • 51:34 - Closing

► Whiteboard:

[https://github.com/johnthebrit/RandomStuff/raw/master/Whiteboards/WindowsLAPS.png]

► Windows LAPS documentation:

[https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/identity/laps/laps-overview]

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