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Enabling password rules for Office 2010

Hi, my name is Alan Myrvold, and I am a security tester on the Office Trustworthy Computing Team (TWC). This post introduces the new password rules feature in Office 2010. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint have been able to password protect documents for several versions by setting the “password to open”. What we felt could be improved was the ability to enforce password strength rules, similar to what may be required when logging into your computer at work. In Office 2010, the encryption password can Read More...

Read the complete post at http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2009/10/16/enabling-password-rules-for-office-2010.aspx


Posted Oct 15 2009, 08:44 PM by Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering
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