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[Microsoft Active Directory] uses the [UnicodePwd] instead of the more common [userPassword] unless you have [Enable UserPassword in Microsoft Active Directory].


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!! [Setting and Changing Microsoft Active Directory Passwords]
Some details on [Setting and Changing Microsoft Active Directory Passwords].

!! [AD Password Filters][1]
Password filters provide a way for you to implement password policy and change notification. [Passfilt.dll] is Microsoft's implementation of a password filter.

![Windows Default Password Policy]
A default password filter ships with [Windows Default Password Policy].

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"[Password Hook|https://sourceforge.net/projects/passwdhk/ |target='_blank']" is a Window Password Filter DLL that sends any Windows password changes to a script/program, stored in the registry by a configuration utility. The DLL is effectively a generic windows password filter.


The Active Directory [SHA-1] hex password filter|http://code.google.com/p/sha1hexfltr/] is a password filter stores that password in [SHA-1] hash in an attribute in Microsoft Active Directory. (Link no longer available)


!! [DirXML] [Password Flow From Active Directory to eDirectory]
We describe the [DirXML] [Password Flow From Active Directory to eDirectory] along with some troubleshooting tips.

!! A different Approach
SUN/Oracle came up with a different method to allow password synchronization with Active Directions that they call, [On-Demand Password Synchronization].

!! [Enable UserPassword in Microsoft Active Directory] 
How to [Enable UserPassword in Microsoft Active Directory] instead of [UnicodePwd]. 

!! [How passwords are used in Windows]
[How passwords are used in Windows]


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* [#1] - [Password Filters|http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms721882(VS.85).aspx|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2016-01-02-