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For decades, the baseline password practices Microsoft provided to customers suggested forcing employees to change their passwords every 60 days. According to Microsoft's Aaron Margosis, that ...

The company now says forcing users to routinely reset passwords at pre-set time intervals doesn't work as well other security options. Microsoft last week recommended that organizations no longer ...

There are few things more annoying in the modern world than having to change your password every few months. Experts have long argued that password reset rules do little to actually promote security.