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You can set policies for password and thus control some aspects of security.

Set Maximum Password age:

Use this policy to set the maximum number of days after which a user's password will expire and will have to be changed.

1.	Select Settings > Password Policies in the Navigation pane.

2.	Double click the Maximum password age policy in the left pane. The Maximum password age policy dialog will be launched.

3.	Select the button besides the text box and specify the number of days after which the password should expire. If you want the password to never expire, then select the Never expire option.

4.	Click the Save and Close button to apply this policy.

Set Minimum password length:

Use this policy to set the minimum number of characters that a password must contain. Sohodox will not allow any user to set a password that is shorter in length than this value.

1.	Select Settings > Password Policies in the Navigation pane.

2.	Double click the Minimum password length policy in the left pane. The Minimum password length policy dialog will be launched.

3.	Select the button besides the text box and specify the number of characters that a password must contain. If you do not want to set a minimum value then select the Unlimited Characters option.

4.	Click the Save and Close button to apply this policy.

Set Maximum Logon attempts:

Use this policy to set the maximum number of consecutive failed logon attempts before Sohodox locks the user account. A locked account can be enabled by the superadmin user.

1.	Select Settings > Password Policies in the Navigation pane.

2.	Double click the Maximum Logon attempts policy in the left pane. The Maximum Logon attempts policy dialog will be launched.

3.	Select the button besides the text box and specify the maximum number of consecutive failed logon attempts before Sohodox disables the user account. If you do not want to set a maximum logon attempts limit then select the Unlimited attempts option.

4.	Click the Save and Close button to apply this policy.