KB35294: In MicroStrategy Developer 9.4.1 - 10.x, is it possible to enforce custom password policies upon end-users?

 
In Strategy Developer 9.4.1 - 10.xx, it is possible to enforce custom password policies upon end-users. These policies can be configured through Strategy Desktop, under Project Source (right-click) > Configure Strategy Intelligence Server > Server Definition > Security > Password Policy as shown below.
 

Following are the various password policies that can be enabled.

• Number of past passwords remembered: the number of previous passwords (per user) that the Intelligence Server holds in memory. A user can sometimes use a password that is identical to one that was previously used by that same user. This setting prevents the user from doing so.
• Enforce Password Complexity: various options that enforce specific policies on the characters of a user's password. You can remove a limit by setting any of these options to zero.
   
  
• Minimum number of characters: The minimum length of the password. In order to enable the other options, this value must be set to greater than zero.
• Minimum upper case characters: The minimum number of password characters that must be upper case (A-Z).
• Minimum lower case characters: The minimum number of password characters that must be lower case (a-z).
• Minimum numeric characters: The minimum number of password characters that must be numeric (0-9).
• Minimum special characters: The minimum number of password characters that must be non-alphanumeric (symbol).