Password FAQs 

• Q: When I change my Windows / Active Directory password, does it Synch and immediately change in the Google / G-Suite Cloud? 

• A: Yes  (it could take anywhere from 10 seconds to 2 hours) 
   

• Q: My 7 character password used to and still does work, but should I change it to 8 characters? 

• A: You “should” change it to 8 characters for a few reasons 

• If you use the Google ChromeBooks/Google G-Suite Apps/etc, then the 8 Character min Google enforces will STOP you from logging into Google-based items,  (Even though our internal Windows Active Directory infrastructure currently has a 7 character minimum enforced policy) 
• The Longer your password is, the SAFER your password is!!!!!!! 
• A minimum password length of 8 ensures that there are at least 218,340,105,584,896 different possibilities for a single password.  This makes a brute force attack difficult, but still not impossible. 
   

• Q: What is the Password Policy 

• A: Password Policy 

• Minimum 8 characters 
• Use at least one upper case character 
• User at least one lower case character 
• User at least one number 
• Use at least one special character 

• Do NOT include any part of the your first or last name in the password (Complexity Requirements)