Microsoft released a new announcement that they are preparing to stop the Password expiration policies for Windows which required users to periodically change their password. Microsoft feels that there will be no password expiration policy will help you against the password attack. Microsoft points out the recent scientific research that there is long-standing password-security alternative practices such as enforcing banned-password lists, multi-factor authentication, detection of password-guessing attacks, and detection of anomalous logon attempts. We dont believe its worthwhile for our baseline to enforce any specific value. Microsoft stats in the blog post.”]