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A new feature of SQL Server 2005 that has been fairly well publicized is the ability, on Windows 2003 operating systems, to enforce password stregth, expiration, and lockout policies on SQL Server logins, as the operating system enforces them on Windows logins. The way that this works is that SQL Server calls NetValidatePasswordPolicy, a Win32 […]